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2022 Tonga Eruption: Public Observations and Scientific Data Illuminate Hunga Volcano's Global Impact
The Hunga volcano eruption near Tonga on January 15, 2022, sent shockwaves and tsunamis across the globe, creating low, booming sounds heard as far away as Alaska. In New Zealand, more than 2,100 public observations of the eruption, from rumbling sounds to animals reacting, helped scientists at GNS Science cross-verify seismic and atmospheric data....
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New Zealand Volcano Disaster Victims Awarded $6 Million Damages
The victims and families affected by the 2019 New Zealand volcano disaster, which claimed 22 lives, were awarded total damages of NZ$10 million (US$6 million) on Friday.
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Woman Seriously Injured After Falling Into Steaming Sinkhole In New Zealand
An Australian woman recently fell into a geothermal sinkhole that opened up beneath her in a popular tourist village in New Zealand. She was rushed to a nearby hospital after suffering severe injuries.
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Tonga Volcano Intact After Record Explosion, Find Researchers
The eruption of the Hunga TongaHunga Ha'apai volcano was heard as far away as Alaska and shredded Tonga's undersea telecommunications cable.
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Indian-American Couple Killed In New Zealand Volcanic Eruption
An Indian-American businessman has become the latest victim of a massive volcanic eruption in New Zealand after he succumbed to his burn injuries, over a month after his wife died in the same tragedy, leaving their three children orphaned.
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Search For 2 Missing In Deadly Eruption Suspended: New Zealand Police
New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were ending the search for the bodies of two people still missing following the deadly eruption of a volcano earlier this month.
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Number Of Dead Increases To 17 From New Zealand Volcano Eruption
New Zealand police said on Monday that one of those injured during the eruption of a volcano visited by tourists earlier this month died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17 while two remain missing.
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No Luck In Search For Remaining Bodies On New Zealand Volcano Site
Search teams returned to New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday but there was no sign of two bodies still unaccounted for after last week's eruption, as police released the names of four more victims.
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Divers Search For Remaining Bodies From New Zealand Volcanic Eruption
Divers searched seas around New Zealand's volatile White Island Saturday for two people still missing five days after the volcano erupted, amid warnings it could do so again.
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How Human Skin From This US State Helped New Zealand Volcano Burn Victims
White Island Volcano Eruption, New Zealand: They packed the human skin in cardboard boxes lined with foam and dry ice, and shipped it off. With that, the workers at a facility in southwestern Ohio became part of an incredible drama unfolding 8,000 miles away.
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Six Bodies Recovered From New Zealand's Volcanic Island In Risky Mission
A New Zealand military team recovered six bodies on Friday from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, in a high risk operation watched by dozens of grieving family members waiting on the mainland.
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New Zealand Military Set For Risky Mission To Bring Bodies From Volcano
New Zealand's military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said Thursday, as pressure from distraught victims' families mounted.
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'Go On A Holiday And Not Return': Cruise Passengers Shaken By New Zealand Tragedy
Tourists from the cruise ship that was near the volcanic island in New Zealand when it erupted arrived in Wellington on Thursday, many traumatised by the deaths of co-passengers and others recalling their brush with tragedy.
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9 Missing In New Zealand's White Island Volcano Eruption
Nine people have been officially listed as missing after the eruption of a volcano on New Zealand's White Island, police said on Wednesday, seven of them Australians and two New Zealanders.
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Tremors At New Zealand Volcano Island Hinder Recovery Of Bodies
Increasing tremors on a volcanic island in New Zealand have hampered efforts by authorities to recover the bodies of eight people thought to be left on the island, two days after it erupted, engulfing dozens of tourists in steam and hot ash.
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2022 Tonga Eruption: Public Observations and Scientific Data Illuminate Hunga Volcano's Global Impact
The Hunga volcano eruption near Tonga on January 15, 2022, sent shockwaves and tsunamis across the globe, creating low, booming sounds heard as far away as Alaska. In New Zealand, more than 2,100 public observations of the eruption, from rumbling sounds to animals reacting, helped scientists at GNS Science cross-verify seismic and atmospheric data....
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New Zealand Volcano Disaster Victims Awarded $6 Million Damages
The victims and families affected by the 2019 New Zealand volcano disaster, which claimed 22 lives, were awarded total damages of NZ$10 million (US$6 million) on Friday.
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Woman Seriously Injured After Falling Into Steaming Sinkhole In New Zealand
An Australian woman recently fell into a geothermal sinkhole that opened up beneath her in a popular tourist village in New Zealand. She was rushed to a nearby hospital after suffering severe injuries.
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Tonga Volcano Intact After Record Explosion, Find Researchers
The eruption of the Hunga TongaHunga Ha'apai volcano was heard as far away as Alaska and shredded Tonga's undersea telecommunications cable.
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Indian-American Couple Killed In New Zealand Volcanic Eruption
An Indian-American businessman has become the latest victim of a massive volcanic eruption in New Zealand after he succumbed to his burn injuries, over a month after his wife died in the same tragedy, leaving their three children orphaned.
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Search For 2 Missing In Deadly Eruption Suspended: New Zealand Police
New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were ending the search for the bodies of two people still missing following the deadly eruption of a volcano earlier this month.
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Number Of Dead Increases To 17 From New Zealand Volcano Eruption
New Zealand police said on Monday that one of those injured during the eruption of a volcano visited by tourists earlier this month died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17 while two remain missing.
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No Luck In Search For Remaining Bodies On New Zealand Volcano Site
Search teams returned to New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday but there was no sign of two bodies still unaccounted for after last week's eruption, as police released the names of four more victims.
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Divers Search For Remaining Bodies From New Zealand Volcanic Eruption
Divers searched seas around New Zealand's volatile White Island Saturday for two people still missing five days after the volcano erupted, amid warnings it could do so again.
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How Human Skin From This US State Helped New Zealand Volcano Burn Victims
White Island Volcano Eruption, New Zealand: They packed the human skin in cardboard boxes lined with foam and dry ice, and shipped it off. With that, the workers at a facility in southwestern Ohio became part of an incredible drama unfolding 8,000 miles away.
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Six Bodies Recovered From New Zealand's Volcanic Island In Risky Mission
A New Zealand military team recovered six bodies on Friday from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, in a high risk operation watched by dozens of grieving family members waiting on the mainland.
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New Zealand Military Set For Risky Mission To Bring Bodies From Volcano
New Zealand's military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said Thursday, as pressure from distraught victims' families mounted.
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'Go On A Holiday And Not Return': Cruise Passengers Shaken By New Zealand Tragedy
Tourists from the cruise ship that was near the volcanic island in New Zealand when it erupted arrived in Wellington on Thursday, many traumatised by the deaths of co-passengers and others recalling their brush with tragedy.
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9 Missing In New Zealand's White Island Volcano Eruption
Nine people have been officially listed as missing after the eruption of a volcano on New Zealand's White Island, police said on Wednesday, seven of them Australians and two New Zealanders.
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Tremors At New Zealand Volcano Island Hinder Recovery Of Bodies
Increasing tremors on a volcanic island in New Zealand have hampered efforts by authorities to recover the bodies of eight people thought to be left on the island, two days after it erupted, engulfing dozens of tourists in steam and hot ash.
