当地时间周一,新西兰海岸线一座火山岛火山爆发,至少5人死亡。
新西兰警方称有不少人因此受伤并被送往附近的医院,还有人失踪,但是对当地的紧急救援机构来说去火山岛搜索那些失踪的人实在是太危险了。警方认为当时在火山岛附近的新西兰人和国际游客加起来应该不到50人,但是确切的数字目前并不清楚。
警方发表声明:“我们正在尽我们最大的努力来确认受影响的确切人数,包括那些可能仍然在岛上的人。”
火山爆发的具体时间是在当地时间周一下午两点之后,总共有23人获救,警方相信目前在岛上已经没有生命迹象。
Police can confirm five people are now confirmed to have died in the White Island volcanic eruption.
— New Zealand Police (@nzpolice) December 9, 2019
Our sincere condolences are with their family and friends.
A number of people have been injured and taken to hospital.
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新西兰官方声明称:“因为火山岛上危险的环境,紧急救援机构目前无法进入岛屿,我们正在根据收到的进一步消息进行评估,但目前警方并不会上岛。” 事发的火山是新西兰最活跃的火山,人们质疑的是为什么这个火山岛还是允许游客和当地人进入。
其中一名幸运逃脱的游客拍下了火山爆发的景象:
My god, White Island volcano in New Zealand erupted today for first time since 2001. My family and I had gotten off it 20 minutes before, were waiting at our boat about to leave when we saw it. Boat ride home tending to people our boat rescued was indescribable. #whiteisland pic.twitter.com/QJwWi12Tvt
— Michael Schade (@sch) December 9, 2019
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— Michael Schade (@sch) December 9, 2019
Wow