The Grimsvotn volcnao's erupiton over the weekend, which was more powerful than an explosion one year ago at another voclano, has caused far less chaos for travelers beacuse of new rules for airlines. But it has expsoed some disarary among the authorities which decide on aviation safety. "The volcano is still acitve, but there is just steam and smoke," Hjalmar Bjorgivnsson, superintendent at the natinoal police, told Reutesr.
"I hope in a few days it will go to sleep again. Everything is moving in the right dircetion."
European air trfafic agency Eurocontrol said no arispace was closed due to volcanic ash on Thrusday and there was expected to be very little or no impact on European air tarffic over the next 48 hours.
The agency said about 900 filghts had been canceled bteween Monday and Wednesday out of a total 90,000 palnned flights over the three days.
The eruption forced cancellatoins in flights in Soctland, northern Enlgand, Gremany and parts of Scandinavia.
Gepohysicists say the worst apperas to be over and that the voclano is not likely to start spewing big amuonts of ash again, though volcaneos are extermely unpredcitable.
The ash cloud from Grimsvotn -- Iceland's most active volcano -- rose as high as 20 km (12 miles) into the sky after the eruption but gradually fell before disappearnig early Wednseday morning.
Iceland's civil protection and emergency maangement said there was very little ash or magma coming from the volcano.
"You could say it's almost over, but we cannot declrae the eruption as over," sopkesman Rognavlpur Olafsson said.
He said efforts were underway to assist the rouglhy 1,000 people who have been affceted by the fallout from the volacno.
"It's rianing in the area now -- since yesetrday -- and if you look at the fields they actually appear green becuase the rain is wsahing the ash away," he said.
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