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Slovak Meteorologists Not Concerned about Volcanic Ash from Iceland
Thursday 15 April 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, April 15 (TASR) - Iceland's volcano ash and dust affecting certain West European countries is unlikely to reach Slovak airspace since the wind is now blowing it over Great Britain and Scandinavia, Jozef Kozub of Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute told TASR on Thursday.
Irish airline Rynair at the Bratislava airport suspended flights to and from Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark earlier in the day after the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation closed the west European airspace because of the ash spewing from the Eyjaffjallajokull volcano in Iceland.
Meteorologist Kozub added that even if some of the volcanic ash reaches Slovakia it would be so diffuse as to be invisible.
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