Ash Cloud Disrupts Flights Again

However, the government said there was a chance the cloud could still be affecting Spain next week.

Ash Cloud

The government said over 400 flights would be cancelled, leaving almost 40,000 people stuck in airports stretching from La Coruna in the northwest to Barcelona in the northeast.

Most flights between Europe and North America are being diverted because of the ash cloud’s latest drifting, officials at Eurocontrol, the agency that co-ordinates aviation safety in Europe, said.

Flights are being rerouted north and south of the 2,000km long cloud.

The Spanish national airport management agency (Aena) said the airports affected were Barcelona, Girona, Sabadell, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Zaragoza, Huesca, Pamplona, Logrono, Santiago, La Coruna, Vigo, Asturias, Santander, Leon, Valladolid, Burgos and Salamanca.

Airspace across Europe was closed down for up to a week last month after the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, but was reopened after emergency talks between European governments, airlines and regulators.

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Cockermouth, England Hardest Hit by Heavy Floods

Cockermouth, England – Heavy floods on Friday, as deep as 8 feet swamped
northern England’s Picturesque Lake District. Dozens of people were
winched to safety by helicopters, while dozens more were rescued by
emergency workers in inflatable boats.
British soldiers conducted house-to-house searches for any victims that
might still be trapped by the flood waters. Over 200 residents were
rescued from the hardest  hit area of Cockermouth. Police in the northern
region of Cumbria said that at least 960 homes were flooded. By late
Friday, the rain had stopped and the water levels started to decrease
allowing rescue workers to search for any remaining victims.
Forecasters said the rainfall was unprecedented. The Environment Agency
recorded 12.3 inches (314.4 millimeter) of rain in 24 hours in one spot,
it was one of the wettest days ever recorded in England.

Hurricane Jimena 2009

Hurricane Jimena 2009 is alarming many families in Baja California and Mexico. Hurricane Jimena is said to be a dangerous category 4 storm that could hit south Baja California on Tuesday.

Around 10 thousand families are being evacuated from flood zones and many shelters have been set up.

Hurricane Danny Path

Tropical storm Danny may become the second hurricane on the Atlantic this 2009. The storm is gaining strength as it heads northwest and the path predication says it may be hitting New Jersey.

Weather specialists say that Hurricane Danny is expected to remain a category 1 hurricane as it moves towards Cape Cod by Saturday.

Tropical Storm Danny 2009

Tropical Storm Danny 2009 has formed along the east of the Bahamas and has winds at 45 miles per hour right now but is expected to gain strength.

A tropical storm reached hurricane status when winds pass 74 miles per hour. The storms predicted path is expected to move along the east coast of the U.S.