— Specialist teams were due to return to New Zealand’s volcanic White Island on Sunday to resume a land search for the bodies of two victims of an eruption which has now claimed 15 lives.
“We remain committed to finishing the task at hand and returning the two remaining bodies to their loved ones,” he added. Ash and other fallout from the eruption has made the sea near the island toxic and divers have to be washed clean after every completed dive. Tims called search conditions “unique and challenging.”
Divers began the search for the bodies on Friday but were forced to stop near evening when weather conditions deteriorated. An aerial search of the island was suspended at nightfall.In a statement, police said their own experts, forensic pathologists, scientists, odontologists and coroner’s officials were involved in the work of identification. Under New Zealand law, the coroner must confirm the victims’ identities.
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