New Zealand authorities say it is dangerous to move bodies from White Island as seismologists predict a 50 percent chance of another eruption
He said there were also poisonous gases pouring from the volcanic vent and the eruption had blanketed the island in a thick layer of acidic ash.
Nash said reconnaissance flights had determined soon after survivors fled the initial blast that there was no one alive on the island. "We're assessing all factors every two or three hours to see if we can go," superintendent Bruce Bird told reporters.Visitors to the island, which is marketed as an adventurous day trip, included a group of more than 30 from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Ovation of the Seas, which left Sydney on a 12-day voyage last week.
The death toll reached six late on Tuesday when an injured person died in an Auckland hospital and Nash said it could rise further.
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