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Whakaari/White Island eruption: Official death toll rises to 20

An 18th person has died following the Whakaari/White Island eruption.

Police say the person died in a hospital in Australia last night.

This brings the death toll to 20, which includes two people who are missing, presumed dead.

More to come...

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