Iceland volcano sends new tremors, lower ash cloud

The erupting volcano in Iceland sent further strong tremors throughout the surrounding area on Monday but the ash plume which has caused air traffic chaos has descended to an altitude of about 2 km (1.2 miles), the Meteorological Office said.

"The ash plume is very low. It's not much higher than 2 kilometers," Hjorleifur Sveinbjornsson, a geologist at the Meteorological Office, told Reuters. (Reuters)