Paris, The Grimsvotn volcano burst into life on Saturday in what experts said was a stronger er- uption than its last outbreak in 2004.

The plume from the volcano shot 20 km into the sky.
ASH COULD REACH NORTH SCOTLAND BY MIDDAY TUESDAY
Ash from an erupting Icelandic volcano could reach northern Scotland by Tuesday and parts of Britain, France and Spain by Thursday or Friday if the eruption c

As this village emptied around her, and the Mount Merapi volcano boomed not too far uphill behind a veil of dust, Puranti stood crying here on Sunday afternoon, frozen with indecision.

London: Britain

London: Aviation officials closed airports in northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday due to a drifting, dense cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland. All airports in Northern Ireland were shut down along with others in northern England

FLIGHTS to and from Ireland and Scotland faced further disruption on Wednesday because of a cloud of abrasive volcanic ash drifting south from a volcano erupting in Iceland.

DC directs PPCB to investigate matter
Awakening to the grave issue of dumping of highly toxic industrial ash in the rural belt as highlighted in The Tribune columns, Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu today held meeting with Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) authorities and directed to investigate the problem.

Muradpura (Amritsar), April 28
The city industrial units have apparently found a new place for dumping their highly toxic petroleum ash, if the huge heaps of the waste in this village are any indication.

Brussels: In the ageless contest between man and nature, nature reasserted its primacy for an entire week, crippling air travel around the world and sending shudders through the global economy.

SOME natural disasters, like the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, strike out of the blue. Only with hindsight do they come to look like the sort of thing people should have been prepared for. Other events get dress rehearsals. The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in the south of Iceland was one of these.

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