'No signs of life' on New Zealand volcano island after disaster 'waiting to happen'

Reuters ^ | December 9, 2019 / 7:59 AM / Updated 21 minutes ago | Charlotte Greenfield

[Red Badger]

WHAKATANE, New Zealand (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Tuesday that eight people were missing and presumed dead a day after a volcano erupted off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island, with at least five people confirmed dead and more than 30 injured.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters that aerial reconnaissance flights did not show any signs of life on the volcanic White Island after the eruption that spewed a plume of ash thousands of feet (m) into the air.

“To those who have lost or are missing family and friends, we share in your unfathomable grief in this moment at time and in your sorrow,” she said at a news conference in Whakatane, a town near the tourist attraction.

New Zealanders and tourists from Australia, the United States, Britain, China and Malaysia were among the missing and injured, she said, without giving more details.

[Red Badger]

They will probably never be found.....................

[bwest]

Ban high capacity assault volcanoes.

[BBQToadRibs]

The pyroclastic flow is filled with toxic gasses, the island is probably scrubbed clean. By just like Mt St. Helen, we might be surprised how quickly life takes hold again.

[2banana]

But, but, but...

All those pollutants released into the atmosphere.

All those greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

Did Greta say “How dare you” to the volcano?

[KC_Lion]

Ping

[BipolarBob]

Hold muh beer while I repel down there to get my vape device that fell out.

[A Navy Vet]

Those flows are also super-heated.

[blackdog]

It’s a volcano! No expanse of landscape, just a volcano in the middle of the ocean. If the volcano even farts a belch of noxious gasses, you all die from displaced oxygen. Crikey.

[Red Badger]

This was a small volcano, as volcanoes go...................

[Red Badger]

I can’t believe people actually pay to go INTO A LIVE VOLCANO!..................

[Vaquero]

Ban high capacity assault volcanoes

Good one. You win the Internet for today

[blackdog]

"They will probably never be found..................... 1 posted on 12/9/2019,"

They will be found. On voter rolls in six swing states voting 37 times each.

[Born to Conserve]

I hope they find the tourists; they may have gotten great selfie videos!

[Red Badger]

Probably blown to bits, burned to a crisp and flung into the ocean....................

[gibsonguy]

https://youtu.be/YO8Kh10CtMg

[Bell Bouy II]

and cant reproduce,a good thing. IMO

[jonascord]

Trump’s fault... Only UN support to fight Climate Change can stop these useless deaths...

[Boogieman]

But just think of the number of instagram likes that selfie would get you!

[Jed Eckert]

Jimmy Buffett - Volcano

[hanamizu]

I can’t believe people actually pay to go INTO A LIVE VOLCANO!..

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There’s a live volcano in Costa Rica—actually several of them, that tourists visit. We went to the hot springs down hill from Arenal. When night falls, you can see red-hot stuff coming off the top. They have a safety system—when you hear the siren, get on a bus and get out as fast as you can. People do die climbing it.