New Zealand volcano: last two bodies may never be found, say police
Both bodies are believed to be in the water surrounding Whakaari, with police using tidal models to expand search
The bodies of a local guide and an Australian tourist who died on Whakaari are “in the hands of the sea” and may never be recovered, New Zealand police have said, after days of bad weather hampered search efforts that are beginning to be scaled down.
Deputy police commissioner Mike Clement said both missing bodies were in the sea, but sonar radar and divers had been unable to find them. The search was now being widened beyond Whakaari, also known as White Island, in line with tidal modelling. Both police and private helicopters would be used, before the search is reduced in a few days – a move the families had “accepted”.
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