Divers from the police and the navy in New Zealand will on Saturday resume their search for a corpse, which was seen in the water on Tuesday.
the Authorities also hope to be able to do a search on the land on the volcanic island of White Island, after the Friday successfully rescued six equal after a volcanic eruption on Monday.
It informs the new zealand police on Saturday morning local time, according to the New Zealand Herald.
the Divers are working at the White Island. Photo: New Zealand Police/Ritzau Scanpix
In all likely 16 people to have lost their lives in the eruption of the volcano. Two of these still missing.
- After the successful bjærgningsoperation of six equal yesterday analyzes the police today, all the information and assess possible next steps, police said Saturday, according to the New Zealand Herald.
- Today's planning will give us the opportunity to return to the island to conduct further searches at the land for the remaining dead, to the extent of the environment on and around the island allows.
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It is a major action that has been put in the work. Photo: New Zealand Police/Ritzau Scanpix
30 persons are hospitalized with severe injuries and extensive burns following the natural disaster.
on Saturday, says the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, there will be held a minute's silence on Monday at 14.11 local time - exactly one week after the disaster - to the memory of the victims.
- no matter where in New Zealand or the world you are, so is this a moment where we can stand together with those who have lost loved ones in this extraordinary tragedy, she said in a statement according to the news agency dpa.
According to the New Zealand geological monitoring system Geonet is the probability of a new eruption has dropped a bit on Saturday. The probability of a new volcanic eruption at White Island over the next 24 hours is now between 35 and 50 percent.
