Iceland Volcano Update

(Dive Travel Business News - May 23, 2010) -- The latest status report issued by the Icelandic Met Office and Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland.Scientific says the Eyjafjallajökull volcano "appears to be dormant" although it is too early to say it's completely over. Latest scientific readings show little eruption activity, with tremors decreasing and the temperature inside the crater dropping to 100C. The volcano is currently producing a considerable amount of steam but no magma and ash.

On April 14, 2010, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted for the first time in two centuries, leading to a six-day shutdown of UK airspace under international aviation rules which banned all flying in areas affected by the ash cloud. Most northern European countries similarly shut their airspace over the period 15-20 April, grounding an estimated 10 million travelers worldwide. Thousands of travelers were stranded overseas during the flight ban. The ash cloud caused many stranded travelers to reconsider buying travel insurance and also pointed out the need for good travel specialists to help stranded passengers while airspace was closed. The effect of ash in the atmosphere and global warming was also cause for concern.

Scientists have warned that there is still a significant chance that the much larger Katla volcano, to the east of Eyjafjallajökull, will erupt; the previous three times Eyjafjallajökull erupted, Katla did also. And on average, Katla has erupted every 60 years and has not done so significantly since 1918.

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