JUST IN: New Zealand police confirm they believe the bodies of the two remaining victims of the White Island volcano eruption were swept out to sea. 9News Searches will continue for the next few days:
Tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman's body was seen in the water after the tragedy.
"We haven't given up but what I'm here to do is to signal to everybody is we've reached a phase where we are literally in the hands of the sea.""It's bitterly disappointing but we haven't given up," he said."It may and it may not, and the reality is we'll be here when it does." The Deputy Commissioner said the Inman family had come to the realisation, "time means less chance, but not no chance" their son's body will be found.Anthony and Kristine Langford were killed, with their daughter Winona's body missing and their son in hospital"We haven't given up. I don't want to make it sound like it's all over.
The blast sent extreme heat, ash and toxic gases into the air, leaving some victims with severe burns.Others are still critical in Australian hospitals with horrific injuries.
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