New Zealand says eight still missing day after volcano erupts

New Zealand said on Tuesday that eight people were still missing a day after a volcano unexpectedly erupted off the coast of New Zealand's North Island, killing at least five people. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters in Whakatane, a town near the volcanic White Island, that a number of people were in hospital in critical condition.

She said that New Zealanders and tourists from Australia, the United States, Britain, China, and Malaysia were among the inhured. A police spokesman said that 31 people were in the hospital. He confirmed that five people had died.