New Zealand White Island eruption: death toll from volcano disaster rises

One person has died in an Australian hospital, bringing the toll to 18 with two still missing, presumed dead

The death toll from last month’s volcanic eruption in New Zealand has grown to 18 after one of the injured died in a hospital in Australia, police say, while two remain missing and are presumed dead.

“Police can confirm a further person died in an Australian hospital last night as a result of injuries suffered in the Whakaari/White Island eruption,” New Zealand’s deputy police commissioner, John Tims, said in a statement on Monday.

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