White Island volcano death toll rises to 19 as New Zealand crews continue search for remaining victims – USA TODAY

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The death toll for this month’s volcanic eruption in New Zealand rose to 19 over the weekend, while crews unsuccessfully searched for the bodies of the two victims who have yet to be recovered.

Police on Monday plan to review the search area, New Zealand Police Superintendent Andy McGregor said, and determine how to proceed two weeks after the eruption spewed ash and steam on White Island, a popular tourist destination. The missing, identified as tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman, 40, and Australian tourist Winona Langford, 17, are presumed dead in addition to other 17 fatalities

The latest person to die from injuries related to the eruption has not been identified. The victim died in New Zealand’s Middlemore Hospital on Sunday night, Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims said in a statement. 

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While officials didn’t share additional information, a Georgia television station reported that a local woman had died Sunday from complications in treatment related to the eruption. Metro Atlanta resident Mayuri “Mary” Singh had burns on 70% of her body, a friend told WXIA-TV, and passed away in a New Zealand hospital. 

Two dozen Australians, nine Americans, five New Zealanders, four Germans, two Britons, two Chinese and a Malaysian were visiting the volcano when it erupted. Many were from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that had left Sydney two days earlier.

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