The closure of the airspace in Europe because of the volcanic eruption in Iceland caused damage to the global economy $ 5 billion, news agencies reported. From this affected not only the passengers and airlines. Crisis has affected trade, investment, tourism and manufacturing. According to estimates of experts, a week from 15 to 21 April in Europe was performed on 100 thousand flights compared to the previous week.
Volcano in Iceland is not do dangerous now, as it was before. Now from the vent of the volcano is still smoke rising, but the ash is not. According to experts, the minimum activity of the volcano, however, say that the eruption had ended too early.
Another element in this year fell on Poland. Europe, which all the forces fighting the financial crisis, now has a problem in the form of excess water. The flood, which swallowed up many areas of the capital of Poland, a threat to some countries in Eastern and Central Europe – experts say.
Flood in Poland led to the deaths of 12 people. According to the Government, police and rescue services have been translated into a stronger version of service. Authorities used helicopters and boats for transporting people from the zone of natural disasters.
Mexico has become the latest victim of the elements, which began last year. In Mexico, a series of earthquakes in the San Diego area. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the first tremors with a magnitude 5.3 were recorded in 26 km from the American town Kaleksiko.
Volcano in Iceland still remains one of the greatest problems in Europe. According to recent University of Iceland, the eruption of the main Icelandic volcano slowed: lava flow has completely stopped, and the volcano emits only a small amount of ash.
Volcano in Iceland has sent another cloud of ash in Russia. Volcanic ash clouds from erupting volcano in Iceland, paralyzed in April, the European flights, again returned to mainland Europe and will make it to Siberia, British meteorologists.
Specialists of British Petroleum have just started pumping up oil from the Gulf of Mexico. Their engineers have before succeeded in setting the pipeline of 15 cm in diameter and 1.5 km long and joining it with the emergency equipment. Now oil is being pumped up to the tankers.
Icelandic eruption of the volcano, which paralyzed air travel, according to scientists, perhaps marks the beginning of the burst of volcanic activity, which will affect the life of Europe for decades. Scientists have reconstructed the chronology of 205 volcanic eruptions in Iceland for 1100 years and came to the conclusion that they are regular cycles, and a relatively quiet phase, which lasted five decades, is coming to an end.
The volcano of Iceland is still topic number one for Europe, especially for Britain. Clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland once again violated the air service in the UK. Closed airports in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.