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LongBeachPoly
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 Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 6:32 pm Post subject: Volcano eruption in New Zealand - 13 feared dead (5 confirmed) |
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| Quote: | 'Unfathomable grief': 13 feared dead at New Zealand volcano
Tourists from Australia, US, the UK, China and Malaysia are thought to be among the dead following the eruption
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed "unfathomable grief" on Tuesday after a volcanic eruption at a popular tourist island that is thought to have killed 13 people.
Ardern confirmed five fatalities and said eight people were still missing after Monday's eruption at Whakaari, also known as White Island.
There was little hope of finding the missing alive, after overnight aerial reconnaissance flights found no signs of life.
Among those on the island during the cataclysm were tourists from Australia, the United States, the UK, China and Malaysia, as well as their New Zealand guides.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/grief-13-feared-dead-zealand-volcano-191210011313999.html
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| Quote: | American couple on honeymoon in New Zealand severely burned in volcano eruption
A man and woman from Virginia who were honeymooning in New Zealand are among those severely injured in a volcano eruption there on Monday.
Six people are confirmed dead and another eight who are missing are presumed dead following the eruption on Whakaari White Island that sent an ash plume thousands of feet in the air, authorities said.
Matthew and Lauren Urey, of Richmond, Virginia, were among 47 visitors believed to have been on the island at the time of the explosion, nine of them Americans.
Both the husband and wife, who married in October, were badly burned, Lauren's father Rick Barham told NBC News.
Lauren was taken to a hospital in Auckland, the country's largest city, where she is undergoing treatment for severe burns on 25 percent of her body, Barham said. Matthew was taken to Christchurch, where he was in intensive care as of Monday afternoon with burns on 80 percent of his body.
"It’s been a total nightmare," Barham told NBC News via Facebook Messenger, adding that he is trying to get a visa to fly to New Zealand.
"We are being told it could take 10 minutes to 72 hours," for travel papers to be processed, Barham said, adding that he feels largely in the dark about the couple's condition. "We have gotten no help from anyone."
Janet Urey, Matthew's mother, told NBC News she learned of the her son and daughter-in-law's injuries from a voicemail Matthew left her.
"I didn't even listen to the full message ... I quickly called him back," Urey said. She said Matthew's hands were severely burned, which made it difficult for him to use the phone.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-couple-honeymoon-new-zealand-severely-burned-volcano-eruption-n1098831
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