51. Huge clouds of thick volcanic ash from erupting Mount Ruapehu forced the closure of five airports on Tuesday. 52. Infrastructure in the inhabited south of the island around the evacuated capital, Plymouth, has been damaged or destroyed by volcanic ash. 53. Infrastructure in the inhabited south of the island around the evacuated capital, Plymouth, is buried under feet of volcanic ash. 54. Infrastructure in the south around the evacuated capital, Plymouth, has been damaged or destroyed by volcanic ash. 55. It could cause mudslides and create rivers of volcanic ash. 56. It was closed the previous night because of poor visibility and fears that corrosive volcanic ash could endanger jetliners. 57. It was later found that the jet had flown into a volcanic ash cloud that clogged up the engines. 58. Landslides of volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo engulfed villages, burying houses. 59. Like an unfolding blanket, a cloud of volcanic ash rolls silently across the sky, dimming the sun, coating tropical foliage, then cascading into the Caribbean. 60. Local media reported that volcanic ash had fallen on some towns located close to the base of the volcano. |