New Zealand police say they are finalizing plans to recover bodies from an island where a volcanic eruption is feared to have killed up to 16 people.
"A lot has to go right for this to work," New Zealand Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said at a news conference Thursday night."We will play things by ear, literally. We will make calls as the morning goes by," he said.
There has been no further eruptions since then, but tremors remain very high compared to normal levels, GeoNet said Thursday.Thursday morning that two people who were hospitalized had died, bringing the official death toll to eight. Police believe eight of the 16 presumed dead are still on the island.
Family of volcano victim Hayden Marshall-Inman, walks from a meeting with Police Minister Stuart Nash and officials in Whakatane, New Zealand, on Dec. 12, 2019.suffered severe burns, prompting New Zealand officials to order skin from the U.S. to help treat their wounds.
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