New Zealanders come to grips with White Island eruption as tremors delay recovery of bodies
Record ID:
1447632
New Zealanders come to grips with White Island eruption as tremors delay recovery of bodies
- Title: New Zealanders come to grips with White Island eruption as tremors delay recovery of bodies
- Date: 11th December 2019
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) WHAKATANE RESIDENT, ANITA, SAYING "I'm really surprised because it's not happened and shocked and then later on really sorry for all the families and for the White Island Tours staff, and yes, just I think the community is shocked and we're all grieving for them." VARIOUS OF WOMAN PLACING FLORAL WREATH ON MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL ON FENCE MEMORIAL TRIBUTE CARD ON FENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MATATA RESIDENT, JANE PERENARA, SAYING: "I think it's going to have a big impact because obviously it's the only active volcano that we have here and it gets a lot of tourists and people in. I know myself, my aunties and uncles, they've done the helicopter rides over there. Never but set foot on it. But, yeah, but when it's in your backyard, you kind of take it for granted." VARIOUS OF SIDE OF STRUCTURE READING (English) "WHITE ISLAND" AT WHAKATANE AIRPORT
- Embargoed: 25th December 2019 04:05
- Keywords: New Zealand Whakatane White Island disaster eruption volcano
- Location: WHAKATANE, WHITE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND
- City: WHAKATANE, WHITE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND
- Country: New Zealand
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA003B9J53K7
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- Story Text:Residents New Zealand's town of Whakatane said on Wednesday (December 11) they were still in "shock" two days after a volcanic eruption on nearby White Island killed six people.
Smoke plumes could still be seen rising from the volcano on Wednesday morning, but in Whakatane, it was business as usual.
"I think the community is shocked and we're all grieving for them (the victims)," said Anita, a local resident.
Increasing tremors on the volcanic island hampered efforts by authorities to recover the bodies of eight people thought to be left on the island.
Daily tours bring more than 10,000 visitors to the privately owned island every year, marketed as "the world's most accessible active marine volcano."
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