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New zealand Volcano: White Island death toll rises in deadly eruption
 
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Tue, 10 Dec 2019   ||   Nigeria, New Zealand
 

The death toll from New Zealand’s White Island volcano eruption rose to sixon Tuesday, after an injured person died in an Auckland hospital, police said.

“Police can confirm a further person has died following the eruption on Whakaari/White Island, bringing the official toll to six,” a police statement said.

Eight more people who remain missing are presumed dead after the volcano erupted Monday.

 

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