Hopes it’s last of the ash as volcano dies down

THE Icelandic ash cloud crisis could finally be over after experts claimed the Eyjafjallajokull volcano is no longer active.

After more than a month of aviation devastation across Europe, a leading geophysicist last night confirmed an end to the disruption is finally in sight.

Magnus Gudmundsson of Iceland University announced that activity at the crater had stopped, with “only steam” still coming out of the volcano. “What I can confirm is that the activity of the crater has stopped. No magma is coming up. The eruption, at least for the time being, has stopped,” he said.