British health notice over descending ash from Iceland volcano

Scottish health authorities warned people Thursday to beware of probable health problems from ash descending to the belligerent over northern Britain following a volcano tear in Iceland.

The volcano fallout is doubtful to poise a vital health risk, but people should watch out for symptoms together with tingling eyes or a bruise throat, pronounced Health Protection Scotland.

"Updated report on continue patterns in the UK right away indicates that volcanic ash compared with the stream tear in Iceland will reach belligerent turn over the UK, starting in Scotland this dusk prior to relocating south over the march of the night," pronounced a Health Protection Scotland statement.

"It is critical to highlight that the thoroughness of particles that does reach belligerent turn is expected to be low and should not means critical harm."

But it said: "if people are outward this dusk and notice symptoms such as tingling or raw eyes, runny nose, bruise throat or dry cough, or if they notice a dry mist in the air or can smell sulphur, decaying eggs ... they competence instruct to extent their activities outdoor or lapse indoors."

The British Met Office however downplayed the risk, observant any ash that did tumble to the belligerent would be hardly visible.

"Theres regularly been a small possibility of it reaching the ground. It happened over the Shetland Islands (north of Scotland) for a time this afternoon when we had a little really small deposits of dust," pronounced Met Office forecaster John Hammond.

"Over the subsequent couple of days or so, with winds as they are, there is a possibility we will see a little small deposits but these will be utterly formidable to see.

"It competence be easiest to see anything that comes out of the sky on cars since the amounts will be really small."

Fallout from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in southeast Iceland threw up a outrageous clouded cover of ash opposite northern Europe, call authorities to close the airspace in Britain and at slightest 7 alternative countries.