Volcanic tremors intensify on White Island, and there's a 40% to 60% chance of another eruption in the next 24 hours, according to seismic monitors.
A New Zealand island volcano vented more steam and mud Wednesday, prompting authorities to delay plans to recover the bodies of victims from a deadly eruption two days ago.
Meanwhile, Australia was sending a military plane to bring some of the Australians injured in the eruption to Australia for specialist medical care. Authorities expected to take 10 injured patients to New South Wales and Victoria states, beginning Thursday. Police believe 47 visitors were on the island at the time of the eruption, 24 of them Australian, nine Americans, five New Zealanders and others from Germany, Britain, China and Malaysia. Many were passengers aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Ovation of the Seas.
He told the paper that injured people on their boat were horrifically burned on their exposed skin and even under their clothes.The first confirmed death was of a local man, Hayden Marshall-Inman, a guide who had shown tourists around the island. Former Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne said Marshall-Inman was a keen fisherman and well liked.
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