Hope fades for eight missing in 'devastating' New Zealand volcanic eruption
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Eight people were missing and presumed dead on Tuesday after a volcanic eruption covered a small New Zealand island popular with tourists in hot ash and steam, killing five people and seriously injuring about 30 more.