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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

White Island eruption: 'too unsafe' to retrieve bodies as volcanic activity rises

Authorities have no timeline for recovering bodies as experts measure ‘significant increase’ in volcanic activity

Police have said 25 of the survivors of the White Island eruption are in a critical condition, as authorities said they could not commit to a timeline for retrieving eight bodies likely to be on the island because volcanic activity remained too high.

On Wednesday police acting assistant commissioner Bruce Bird said rescue teams were taking advice from an expert volcanic advisory group in Wellington but it was still too unsafe to attempt landing on the volcano.

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