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New Zealand to Send Crews to Recover Bodies from Volcanic Island

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   New Zealand officials now say they will send crews to White Island on
   Friday to recover the bodies of eight people killed in Monday's
   volcanic eruption.

   Authorities had been holding off on sending search crews to retrieve
   the bodies because of the volcano's continued instability.
   Seismologists with New Zealand's GeoNet seismic monitoring agency said
   Wednesday there remains a 40-to-60 percent chance of another major
   eruption. Poisonous gas continues to vent out of the volcano's crater
   and the island is covered in acidic ash.

   The death toll rose Wednesday to eight, as two more victims who had
   been rescued from the island after the eruption died in hospital. At
   least 27 survivors suffered burns over more than 71 percent of their
   bodies; of that number, 22 are on airway support due to the severity of
   their burns. Health officials have said they need an extra 1.2 million
   square centimeters of skin to provide grafts for the victims.
   

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