Alaska Volcano Erupts.........

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has said that Mount Redoubt has erupted five times shooting plumes of smoke and ash some 50,000 feet into the air forcing flight cancellations.

A January 27, 2009 file photo provided by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, steam and gas rise from a large fumerole on the north flank of Mount Redoubt, a 10,197-foot volcano in the Chigmit Mountains, in Alaska. Geologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say the volcano erupted three times late Sunday March 22, 2009 and early Monday, with the largest eruption sending a plume of smoke some 50,000 feet above sea level.