Up to five confirmed dead from volcano eruption in New Zealand
Police said they were working with the National Emergency Management Agency to co-ordinate a search and rescue operation and ensure the safety of everyone involved, including rescue staff.A spokeswoman for Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Australia’s High Commission in Wellington was making urgent inquiries with local authorities to ascertain if any Australians were affected.earlier reported that the first boatload of injured had arrived in Whakatāne.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the situation was still unfolding and she would travel to the area on Monday evening. The arrow indicates people were on Whakaari or White Island, in the Bay of Plenty, on New Zealand's North Island coast, when the volcano erupted on Monday.Whakaari is New Zealand's most active cone volcano. It last experienced a small eruption in 2013. GeoNet had registered moderate volcanic unrest on the island for weeks, before Monday afternoon's eruption.
Tourism expert professor Ross Dowling, from Edith Cowan University, said the number of tourists visiting active volcanos around the world was increasing.
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