The GeoNet agency, which monitors volcanoes and earthquakes in New Zealand, had raised the alert level on White Island from 1 to 2 on Nov. 18, noting an increase in the amount of sulfur dioxide ...

After recovering six bodies, an elite National Defense force was still searching Friday for two more victims of a volcano eruption on a New Zealand tourist island that killed 16 people and left 26 ...

Understanding the deadly New Zealand volcano eruption The eruption claimed an unknown number of lives and caused dozens to be treated for blast and burn injuries. This is one of 45 actively ...

Questions linger in the wake of the recent volcanic eruption on White Island, a New Zealand tourist island, that killed 16 people and left 26 with severe burns.

5 Killed, Several Injured or Missing After Volcano Erupts in New Zealand: 'No Signs of Life' A total of 47 people — including tourists from Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seas cruise ship ...

A volcano erupted violently on a New Zealand island today local time, sending ash up to 12,000 feet (3,700 meters) into the air, leaving five people dead and many missing.

New Zealand volcano eruption leaves at least five dead By Ben Westcott, Julia Hollingsworth, Jessie Yeung and Steve George, CNN Updated 1:54 p.m. ET, December 9, 2019 ...

On December 9, 2019, a cloud of steam and volcanic gases blasted out of New Zealand’s Whakaari, or White Island, volcano. Relative to eruptions at other volcanoes, the explosion was small.

The country's most active cone volcano, located in the Bay of Plenty about 30 miles off the northeast New Zealand coast, erupted at 2:11 p.m. Monday (8:11 p.m. Sunday ET), according to GeoNet, the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The death toll from a volcanic eruption in New Zealand has risen to 19 after police said Monday that another person died at an Auckland hospital overnight.