Six have been confirmed dead. Eight others are feared to have died and about 30 incurred serious burns after a volcano erupted on an island off the coast of New Zealand. The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil is at Whakatane Harbour, where evacuees were taken after Monday’s eruption.
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