and we can speak now to journalist peter mckenzie he's in wellington new zealand hi pete can you bring us up to date on the latest on rescue efforts. absolutely so 6 did not run 8 missing and presumed dead on the island 30 are in the hospital around 3 but most of them critical the island is currently under a state of shock which was a place a state of restricted access place by elders of the local indigenous 5 not the hour but placed under secure access while the government comes times with what kind of rescue operation and they're increasingly calling it a recovery operation will be because the bodies on the island can be on the types of drones and pilots have gone out of sea over about the islands and no signs of life. what details have we found out about the people who were on the island at the time of the eruption there were $47.00 people on the island the tongue the russian putting tourists from australia china germany malaysia u.k. and u.s. side most of those tourists were able to get off the island through the black hole that i see at the tour operators and all the locals and th

let's get the latest on the story with peter mckenzie he's a journalist in new zealand thank you for joining us what can you tell us about the ongoing recovery of the remaining 2 people who are missing. as you mentioned sumi on friday morning a person new zealand team recovered 6 bodies from god it was thought to more point is to move people on listening to the location of one of those bodies is known to some extent a body was seen in the water surrounding the coddy washed islands immediately opposite the eruption police and maybe divers has been pos 2 days searching for that body they still haven't been able to find water in the area it has visibility of between 0 and 2 meters as a result of the toxic gas ash and dust in the area and as a result of that toxicity the water is also almost poisonous meaning that maybe divers are undergoing extreme brisk in these operations the final body or that is the lot. ok center credibly difficult operation there as have the bodies that have been retrieved from the island been identified so one body has been identified the body of crystal problems