'Very emotional': Locals have gathered at the port with messages of love as cruise ship Ovation of the Seas sets sail back to Sydney, two days after the volcanic eruption at WhiteIsland, which left six people dead and eight still missing. 💙 📷: Getty
New Zealand is facing a grim day as the country wakes to the news there is no sign of life on White Island following the volcanic eruption.with the sixth person succumbing to their injuries at a hospital on Tuesday, according to the New Zealand Police. Their nationalities and identities have not yet been released.
An image posted to Instagram showing the helicopter that was destroyed during the White Island volcanic eruption.Questions are being asked about why tourists could access the island. Picture: Michael Schade via AP“We are working through the process to identify them as quickly as possible, to return those who have died to their loved ones.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday “there will be questions that are being asked, that will need to be answered … by the appropriate authorities”.While the island is monitored by Geonet, which tracks the volcano’s activity, the island is privately owned, and it is up to tour operators to decide when to visit. Geonet had put the volcano on level two, indicating minor volcanic unrest. It was on level one before its previous eruption in 2016.
“Having visited it twice, I have always felt that it was too dangerous to allow the daily tour groups that visit the uninhabited island volcano by boat and helicopter,” he added.
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