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Searchers Fail To Find Remaining Bodies As New Zealand Volcano Death Toll Rises To 16

Monday's volcanic eruption killed at least 16 people, many of them tourists visiting White Island. Authorities have been trying to recover two more bodies, even under the threat of another eruption.
Divers near New Zealand's White Island search for a body after the volcanic eruption earlier this week.

Updated at 4:54 a.m. ET Sunday

New Zealand police said they were unable to find two remaining bodies in a search Sunday for victims killed in a volcanic eruption on White Island, while the death toll rose to 16 after another person died in a hospital.

Police said eight specialists searched an area of the island Sunday where they believed a body would be located.

"While it

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