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Toxic air, gases hamper search for last 2 volcano victims
December 15, 2019 13:04 pm
WHAKATANE, New Zealand DEC 15: A second land search of New Zealand’s volcanic White Island on Sunday failed to locate the bodies of the last two victims of an eruption that has now claimed 16 lives, most of them tourists.
New Zealand volcano toll seen at 16; police plan to recover bodies on Friday
December 12, 2019 13:07 pm
WHAKATANE/WELLINGTON, Dec 12: Police in New Zealand are planning a mission to volcanic White Island on Friday to retrieve bodies of people killed in this week’s eruption, while the known death toll from the disaster climbed to eight, with two people dying in hospital.
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