New Zealand police hoping to get bodies off volcano

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New Zealand authorities said they hoped clear weather Wednesday would allow the recovery of bodies from the White Island volcano but they would ...

WHAKATANE, New Zealand: New Zealand authorities said they hoped clear weather Wednesday would allow the recovery of bodies from the White Island volcano but they would not be rushed into landing on the still-smouldering disaster zone.

Nash said seismologists predicted there was a 50 percent chance of another eruption on the island, which sits semi-submerged 50 kilometres out to sea. Nash said reconnaissance flights had determined soon after survivors fled the initial blast that there was no one alive on the island. "A team will remain onsite in Tauranga and all hospital locations to ensure those affected by Monday's incident are taken care of in terms of medical help, counselling, accommodations, and transport," the company said in a statement.Among those caught on the island during the sudden blast were tourists from Australia, the United States, Britain, China, Germany and Malaysia, as well as local tour guides.

 

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