Volcanic Ash

Japan’s highest mountain last erupted in 1707, but a potential eruption could shower more than 10 cm of ash on central Tokyo

Ash clouds from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano brought fresh travel chaos to thousands of passengers in Europe on Monday.

South African Airways is no longer scheduling extra flights after the backlog created by volcanic ash over parts of Europe was cleared.

The cloud of volcanic ash hanging over northern Europe has cost the South African economy more than R100-million.

Iceland’s volcanic cloud has hit the East African country’s agriculture industry hard, costing millions in losses, reports <b>Jody Clarke</b>.

The ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano is hanging lower in the air, which is good news for travellers, but winds still made conditions uncertain.

As the bank crisis and now the volcano shows, the world needs simpler, less inter-connected societies — and fast.

Flights from large parts of Europe were set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace.

Officials hope to increase flights at the start of Europe’s working week on Monday and the EU summoned ministers for talks on the air-travel crisis.

Travellers face another day stranded at South Africa’s airports as the chaos wrought by a volcanic eruption in Iceland continues.

Air travel across much of Europe was paralysed for a fourth day on Sunday because of a huge cloud of volcanic ash.

Stranded in Madrid by the volcanic ash, my only hopes for survival are pinned on room service and the mini-bar, writes novelist <i>Geoff Dyer</b>.

Large parts of Europe enforced no-fly rulings for a third day on Saturday because of a huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano.

A huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland turned the skies of northern Europe into a no-fly zone on Thursday.