Smoke billows and flames propagate across the hillside near houses after the Stromboli volcano erupted on July 3, 2019. Footage taken from the volcano’s crater camera appeared to show people in the area minutes before it erupted. Data is reported through the last data update (17 September 2020). More than 30 tourists from the Ovation of the Seas were on White Island at the time of the eruption, New Zealand Cruise Association chief executive officer Kevin O'Sullivan told CNN. Police said in a statement that a New Zealand Defense Force ship will approach the island at first light "to further assess the environment," on Tuesday and Police Disaster Identification were awaiting deployment in the nearby port town of Whakatane. Shocking footage from tourists on nearby boats were posted on social media, which showed giant plumes of thick black smoke rising from the site. “It was not a particularly big eruption,” he said. [67] The ship returned to Sydney on 16 December on an altered itinerary via Wellington and Picton. [9] A major eruption formed a new crater in 2000, and small eruptions occurred in 2012,[10] 2013,[11] and 2016. Thirteen injured Australians were airlifted to Australia from the night of 11 December to receive treatment in hospitals in Sydney and Melbourne. [75] The local member of Parliament Anne Tolley stated that the town was shattered by the disaster and their thoughts were with the victims and their families but did not rule out that the tours would end due to the disaster occurring. Whakaari/White Island is the summit of a complex submarine volcano. #, A person is seen (lower left) walking near an eruption of Sicily's Mount Etna in May 2019. And the cascade of events happens so fast that no one has time to react. On 14 December, it was announced that the death toll had risen to fifteen as another injured person died in hospital. [22], Some visitors were waiting for vessels to take them off the island at the time of the eruption. [34][35] Six more bodies were found during an operation on the island, bringing the death toll to fourteen. Two hours later it was lowered to level 3, due to "diminished" activity in the area of the volcano. [70], In April 2020 legal action was commenced in Australia on behalf of relatives and Ovation passengers against the cruise-ship operator Royal Caribbean International. A further victim died at a hospital in Australia on 12 January 2020 bring the total to 20. John Tims, the deputy police commissioner of district operations, said at least two dozen people remained on the island, but he could not be sure of the exact number. [65][66] Māori townspeople and members of the Ovation of the Seas passengers and crew, held a moment of silence honouring the ship's passengers and other victims. Magma happens to sit close to the surface at Whakaari/White Island, and the molten rock constantly degases and heats up the plentiful supply of groundwater. [71], New Zealand Police launched an investigation into the disaster, in conjunction with the country's workplace health and safety regulator WorkSafe New Zealand. Earlier police said at least 10 people were missing and believed to still be ashore. We want to hear what you think about this article. #, Lava flows from a fissure along Etna's southeast crater on May 30, 2019. [51][2][52][38], Due to the severe injuries sustained by those on the island, identification of the deceased was carried out by a variety of individuals including a pathologist, a forensic dentist, and a fingerprint officer. “We were all busy the entire time, just trying to stay out of the way of people who knew what they were doing and also just to help out wherever we could,” he said of the return trip. #whiteisland pic.twitter.com/QJwWi12Tvt. My thoughts are with family of deceased & all injured & traumatised by the sudden eruption. Deformation can be indicative of subsurface pressure changes caused by moving superheated liquids, gases, or magma. Following the eruption, a volcanic ash advisory was issued at 2:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. CNN's Sarah Faidell, Isaac Yee, Eric Cheung, Jessie Yeung, Julia Hollingsworth and Pauline Lockwood contributed to this article. A total of twelve Australians were expected to be airlifted to their homeland. [48] Another victim, an American woman, succumbed to her injuries on 22 December, raising the confirmed death toll to 17 and the number of the American fatalities to four. There were believed to be at least 30 passengers from the ship taking a tour of the island when the eruption took place. Underwater volcano sees old island disappear below the waves, replaced by a bigger one nearby Agence France-Presse Wed 6 Nov 2019 22.56 EST Last modified on Thu 7 Nov 2019 15.20 EST Those dead were from a group of 23 people who had been evacuated shortly after the eruption, according to New Zealand National Operation Commander Deputy Commissioner John Tims -- all of whom suffered some degree of injury. First published on Sun 22 Dec 2019 18.28 EST. The Volcanic Alert Level was raised to 4 shortly after the eruption, and the Aviation Color code is orange, according to GeoNet. Note gas emissions emanating from the lake surface, yellow sulfur rafts floating on the lake, and lava-flow layers within the crater wall. The death toll from this month’s volcanic eruption in New Zealand has risen to 19 after police said that another person died at … [68], All those injured and killed in the eruption, regardless of nationality, would be covered by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), who administer New Zealand's no-fault accident compensation scheme. Later a representative of the Māori began a karakia tau te mauri, a traditional blessing to settle the spirit before the ship left. Recent reconnaissance flights over the island, also known by its Māori name Whakaari, have found no signs of life. All rights reserved. A tourist walks in the fumaroles of a crater on the volcanic island of Vulcano, one of the Aeolian Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, on September 19, 2019.

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