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#BREAKING New Zealand volcano popular with tourists erupts

#UPDATE New Zealand's White Island volcano has suddenly erupted, prompting fears for a group of visitors seen walking on the crater floor moments before

📸 File photo of White Island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

#BREAKING 100 people near New Zealand volcano when it erupted: PM

#UPDATE Rescue missions under way after New Zealand island volcano erupts with some 100 people nearby

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#BREAKING Foreigners among those caught in New Zealand volcano eruption: PM

#BREAKING One dead in New Zealand volcanic eruption, more likely: police

#BREAKING New Zealand police say 'too dangerous' to carry out volcano rescues

#BREAKING Five dead in New Zealand volcano eruption: police

#UPDATE Five people were killed, 18 were injured and at least 10 were left stranded after an island volcano popular with tourists erupted unexpectedly in New Zealand on Monday, police say.

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#BREAKING No more survivors expected from New Zealand volcano eruption: police

#UPDATE New Zealand police have said no more survivors are expected to be rescued from an island volcano that erupted suddenly on Monday, suggesting as many as two dozen people could have died u.afp.com/JCtV #WhiteIsland

#BREAKING Eight missing in NZealand volcano eruption, death toll still at five, according to police