An eruption has occured on Whakaari / White Island in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, sending a huge plume of smoke and ash
into the sky.
The ash cloud rising from White Island today. Photo: GeoNet
GNS Science says the eruption occured at 2.10pm.
It says the Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 4.
There's has been moderate volcanic unrest on the island for the past few weeks, prompting GNS to say it appeared the
volcano was possibly entering a period where eruptive activity is more likely than normal.
Ash particles are similar enough in size to rain that we can see the White Island eruption on our radar. ^AJ pic.twitter.com/1IkGMLzQm7— MetService (@MetService) December 9, 2019
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