カテゴリー: White Island volcano
Helicopters set off from New Zealand mainland despite serious risk of volcano erupting againVolcano recovery operation – live updates A military operation to retrieve the bodies of eight people from White Island in New Zealand has begun, with defence f…
Deputy commissioner says police have been facing increasing pressure from victims’ families to recover bodies from White IslandNew Zealand police have revealed they are in the final stages of planning a body retrieval mission to White Island on Friday …
Two more Australians are named among the dead as the father of one victim questions whether his son was fully informed of the risksTwo more people have died from injuries sustained during the eruption of New Zealand’s White Island volcano, bringing the…
Country’s health authorities said to have ordered 1.2m sq cm of skin to treat burn injuriesSurgeons are working around the clock to help tourists who suffered horrendous burn injuries in the eruption of the New Zealand’s White Island volcano, health ex…
Six people are dead, 30 are injured and eight are missing after the New Zealand volcano eruption Six people have been confirmed dead after Monday’s fatal eruption on White Island/Whakaari in New Zealand and eight are confirmed as missing.There were 47 …
Judy Turner says she understands families of the missing are frustrated at how long it is taking for the recovery operation to begin The mayor of Whakatāne has has said she would like to see the resumption of tours to White Island once bodies of the de…
Authorities vow to return to recover eight bodies but ‘significant increase’ in volcanic activity leads to delaysFirst Australian victims named – latest updatesNew Zealand police have vowed to return to White Island as soon as possible to retrieve the …
Australian PM Scott Morrison unveils repatriation effort as identities released of seven Australian and two New Zealand victims 7.24am GMT We are putting this blog on hold for the present. Your can read the latest wrap of today’s developments here, plu…
Deborah and Karl Rakos from Darlington had not been in touch with family since SundayA British couple reported missing after a volcano erupted on an island in New Zealand have made contact with concerned relatives.Karl Rakos, 57, and Deborah Rakos, 50,…
At the town, the base for tours to the volcano, bereaved families wait for their loved ones’ bodies to be recoveredOn the shores of Whakatāne a small phalanx of mourners is standing guard, their gaze turned out to the Pacific Ocean. The water is an une…
‘The burns were horrific … A lot of the people could not talk,’ says Mark LawWhite Island volcano: police open inquiry as sixth person diesA commercial helicopter pilot who led a team that rescued 12 victims from the White Island volcano eruption has t…
NZ burns units stretched to capacity as Australian hospitals asked if they can take on additional patientsTourists injured in the eruption of New Zealand’s White Island/Whakaari volcano have burned lungs from inhaling sulphur dioxide and volcanic ash, …
Jacinda Ardern confirms that New Zealanders and tourists from Australia, the US, Britain, China and Malaysia are among missing on White Island/Whakaari. Follow rolling updates Five people dead and eight missing after New Zealand volcanic eruptionHow to…
New Zealand police say no one still alive on island, and more injured people may dieNew Zealand police have launched an investigation into the eruption of the White Island volcano, as further details emerged of the scale of the disaster in which at lea…
Five confirmed dead and more unaccounted for after eruption in New Zealand’s Bay of PlentyLatest: Five people dead and eight missing after volcanic eruptionFive people have been confirmed dead, a figure that is expected to rise, after a volcanic erupti…