Six people are now known to have died following a volcanic eruption on White Island in New Zealand.

Thirty others are being treated in hospital - many of them for severe burns - and eight people are still unaccounted for.

A senior police officer has "strongly suggested" that those who are missing will not have survived.

In total, 47 people were on

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Eight people are still missing and presumed dead following Monday's volcanic eruption in New Zealand, police have said.

Officials have warned there is a "50% chance" another eruption could happen on White Island - also known by the Maori name Whakaari - in the next 24 hours.

Forty-seven people were on the uninhabited island at the time of the

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