新西蘭懷特島火山爆發(fā)

新西蘭懷特島火山爆發(fā)

New Zealand's White Island volcano erupted Monday, sending a plume of ash about 12,000 feet (3,657 meters) into the sky. There were 47 people on the island at the time, according to an update from the national police, and five deaths have been confirmed. Thirty-four survivors were rescued from the island, most of whom are still being treated in hospitals, but eight people remain unaccounted for.

新西蘭懷特島火山星期一噴發(fā)，噴出的火山灰高達1萬2千英尺(3657米)。根據(jù)國家警察的最新消息，當時島上有47人，已確認5人死亡。島上有34名幸存者獲救，其中大多數(shù)仍在醫(yī)院接受治療，但仍有8人下落不明。

Smoke and ash rise from the White Island volcano on Dec. 9 in Whakatane, New Zealand. (Photo: John Boren/Getty Images)

Rescuers have not yet been able to search the island by foot, due to hazardous conditions and the risk of more eruptions, but after multiple reconnaissance flights over the island, authorities have said they don't expect to find more survivors.

由于危險的條件和火山噴發(fā)的風險，救援人員還沒有能夠步行搜索該島，但經(jīng)過多次偵察飛行后，當局表示，他們預計不會找到更多的幸存者。

"No signs of life have been seen at any point," the New Zealand Police said in a statement early Tuesday morning. "Police believe that anyone who could have been taken from the island alive was rescued at the time of the evacuation. Based on the information we have, we do not believe there are any survivors on the island."

新西蘭警方在周二凌晨的一份聲明中表示，“目前還沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)任何生命跡象。”警方認為，任何可能被生擒的人在撤離時都已獲救。根據(jù)我們掌握的信息，我們認為島上沒有幸存者。”

White Island, also known as Whakaari, is the most active cone volcano in New Zealand. It's located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the east coast of the country's North Island, and serves as a popular tourist attraction. The people visiting the island when it erupted were reportedly both New Zealanders and tourists from overseas, including passengers from a cruise ship that had docked at the island.

懷特島，也被稱為Whakaari，是新西蘭最活躍的錐形火山。它位于該國北島東海岸約30英里(48公里)處，是一個受歡迎的旅游景點。據(jù)報道，火山噴發(fā)時，來島上旅游的既有新西蘭人，也有來自海外的游客，包括一艘?？吭趰u上的游輪上的乘客。

People were seen walking inside the crater moments before it erupted at about 2:11 p.m. local time, the BBC reports. Other visitors had just left the island — including American tourist Michael Schade, who posted videos and descriptions of the aftermath on Twitter. He and his family had just left the island about 20 minutes earlier, he said, but the boat they were on returned to help with rescues.

據(jù)英國廣播公司報道，當?shù)貢r間下午2點11分左右，火山爆發(fā)前，人們在火山口內行走。其他游客剛剛離開該島，其中包括美國游客邁克爾·沙德，他在推特上發(fā)布了視頻和對災難后果的描述。他說，他和他的家人大約20分鐘前剛離開這個島，但他們乘坐的船返回幫助救援。

There had been signs of heightened activity at the volcano, including reports of elevated background activity dating back weeks, according to GeoNet, a geological hazard monitoring system based in New Zealand. The site reported moderate volcanic unrest in a post on Dec. 3, citing "explosive gas and steam-driven mud jetting" but noting there was no volcanic ash being produced.

根據(jù)新西蘭地質災害監(jiān)測系統(tǒng)GeoNet的數(shù)據(jù)，已經(jīng)有跡象表明該火山活動加劇，包括幾周前的背景活動加劇的報告。該網(wǎng)站在12月3日的一篇帖子中報道了溫和的火山動亂，引用了“爆炸性氣體和蒸汽驅動的泥漿噴射”，但沒有產生火山灰。

"Overall, the monitored parameters continue to be in the expected range for moderate volcanic unrest and associated hazards exist," the site reported Dec. 3, adding that "the current level of activity does not pose a direct hazard to visitors."

該網(wǎng)站12月3日的報道稱，“總的來說，監(jiān)測的參數(shù)仍然在中度火山動蕩和相關危險存在的預期范圍內”，并補充說，“目前的活動水平不會對游客構成直接威脅。”

The alert level had been raised before the eruption, University of Auckland volcanologist Jan Lindsay tells the BBC, but the amount of activity seen before the eruption isn't necessarily a red flag for such an active volcano. The last eruption at White Island, in 2016, caused no injuries.

奧克蘭大學的火山學家Jan Lindsay告訴BBC，火山爆發(fā)前的警戒級別已經(jīng)提高，但是對于這樣一座活火山來說，噴發(fā)前的活動量并不一定是危險信號。上一次發(fā)生在2016年的懷特島火山噴發(fā)沒有造成人員傷亡。

"[The volcano] has a persistently active hydrothermal system," Lindsay says, and "if gases build up under a block of clay or mud they can be released quite suddenly."

“(這座火山)有一個持續(xù)活躍的水熱系統(tǒng)，”林賽說，“如果氣體在一塊粘土或泥漿下堆積起來，它們會非常突然地釋放出來。”