Fearing a
volcano could erupt again, search parties were unable to set foot on New Zealand's White Island for eight people still missing on Tuesday, as
police raised the death toll to six from the eruption a day earlier.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said reconnaissance flights showed no signs of life on the ash covered island, as eyewitnesses detailed the horrific burns suffered by those caught up in Monday's eruption.
"The scale of this tragedy is devastating," Ardern said in parliament.