There are believed to be two British women among about 30 people taken to hospital suffering burns following the incident, with all but five in a stable but serious condition.
Dozens of tourists and their tour guides were engulfed in steam and hot ash when the active volcano erupted on Monday. The Australian government said it expected to transfer up to ten injured citizens from New Zealand starting in the next 24 hours, if medical staff approve them for travel. Six friends who had been travelling with three other Australians who died - Jason Griffiths, and couple Karla Mathews and Richard Elzer - released a joint statement via the country's foreign affairs department.
"In summary, yesterday there was a high risk of an eruption.Today there is an even higher risk of an eruption. And the parameters are worsening at the moment," Graham Leonard, a senior volcanologist at GNS Science, told a news conference in Wellington. Police Minister Stuart Nash said injuries to tourists and guides exploring at the time were so severe that some victims could not identify themselves.
New Zealand authorities said reconnaissance flights had determined that after survivors fled the initial blast no one was left alive on the island.
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