American couple on their honeymoon are among those severely injured in the volcano eruption in New Zealand on Monday.
Lauren was taken to a hospital in Auckland, the country's largest city, where she is undergoing treatment for severe burns on 25 percent of her body, Barham said. Matthew was taken to Christchurch, where he was in intensive care as of Monday afternoon with burns on 80 percent of his body.
Matthew and Lauren Urey, who were among one of the injured after the volcano erupted in White Island, New Zealand. Janet Urey, Matthew's mother, told NBC News she learned of the her son and daughter-in-law's injuries from a voicemail Matthew left her.
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