Search crews in New Zealand have recovered 6 bodies from an island where a volcano erupted, killing upwards of 16 people, authorities say.
that although the level of volcanic tremors has dropped, it remains very high compared to pre-eruption levels, and steam and mud bursts were continuing.
White Island is roughly 30 miles off the coast of New Zealand's North Island and is known as a stratovolcano, characterized by continuous small-to-moderate eruptions over the past 150,000 years. Scientists say the volcanoAbout 47 tourists, including none Americans, were on the island when the volcano erupted.
White Island is privately owned but became part of a scenic reserve in 1953, and daily tours bring more than 10,000 visitors each year,. Around 70 percent of the volcano is underwater, and it is the largest volcanic structure in the country.
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