White Island eruption: ‘too unsafe’ to retrieve bodies as volcanic activity rises

Authorities vow to return to recover eight bodies but ‘significant increase’ in volcanic activity leads to delays

New Zealand police have vowed to return to White Island as soon as possible to retrieve the bodies of eight tourists who died there, as the first Australian victims of the fatal volcanic eruption were named.

Wednesday dawned clear and calm in Whakatāne, but still police efforts to reach the island were hampered after volcanic activity substantially increased, making it too dangerous for disaster victim identification officers to land.

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