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Added on the 12/04/2023 15:39:06 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Travelers wait at the Mexico City International Airport, where 22 flights were canceled due to an ash cloud from the Popocatepetl volcano. Authorities have warned ash is likely to fall in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Mexico, as well as in Mexico City, which lies some 55 miles (90 kilometers) from the volcano. IMAGES
Frankfurt airport, Germany's largest, has cancelled more than half of its 1,047 flights planned for today as a result of severe winter weather warnings predicting heavy snow fall and freezing rain. Low pressure system Gertrud bearing down on southwestern and central Germany promises up to 40 centimetres (16 inches) of snow and treacherously icy road conditions, particularly in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. IMAGES
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts again with a string of blasts that send plumes of ash two kilometres (1.2 miles) into the sky, triggering a flight warning and fears of lava flows. This is at least the eighth time that the rumbling volcano on Sumatra island has erupted in less than a week, although there were no injures or major damage reported. IMAGES
Aerial images show lava near the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavik as volcanic activity eases following an eruption which began early Sunday. Grindavik's 4,000 residents had been evacuated in November as a precaution. Shortly after a December 18 eruption, they were allowed to return for brief periods. They were authorised to regain their homes permanently on December 23 but only a few dozen chose to do so. IMAGES
Travellers check the departures board at Ben Gurion airport after major airlines cancelled dozens of flights to Tel Aviv this weekend after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale attack against Israel. IMAGES
The Pentagon says it did not have information supporting theories that a surface-to-air missile was used to shoot down the aircraft of Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin. Reports of a missile are "inaccurate," US Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE