{"id":196683,"date":"2019-12-09T14:14:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T14:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/new-zealand-volcano-eruption-royal-caribbean-cruise-nearby-other-travel-effects.html"},"modified":"2019-12-09T14:14:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T14:14:12","slug":"new-zealand-volcano-eruption-royal-caribbean-cruise-nearby-other-travel-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/travel\/new-zealand-volcano-eruption-royal-caribbean-cruise-nearby-other-travel-effects.html","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand volcano eruption: Royal Caribbean journey nearby, other transport effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - New Zealand volcano erupts while tourists still on island\"><button class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a\" data-g-r=\"vp_ap vp_tg\" data-c-vpattrs=\"{muted:true,bContent:false,vidNum:1,docking:true}\" data-c-vpdata=\"{adsEnabled:true,awsPath:news\/world,byline:,canonicalURL:,contentSourceCode:STRF,createDate:2019-12-09T12:05:42.278Z,credit:Storyful,duration:43000,headline:Tourists rush New Zealand island as volcano erupts,hlsURL:https:\/\/hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/bc08c693-75ad-4286-bda1-c904841a7f00\/1080p_30fps,720p_30fps,480p_30fps,master.m3u8,id:2628406001,image:{url:https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/09\/USAT\/5b3fe004-9668-4075-8a4d-313dd1045eb0-VPC_NZ_VOLCANO_WIDE_MICAHEL_SCHADE_STORYFUL.jpg,opto:true},initialPublishDate:2019-12-09T12:24:24.849Z,keywords:Volcano Eruptions,New Zealand,Video Syndication - USAT,mp4URL:https:\/\/downloadmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/bc08c693-75ad-4286-bda1-c904841a7f00\/1080p_30fps.mp4,origin:Storyful,pageURL:{long:https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/news\/world\/2019\/12\/09\/new-zealand-volcano-erupts-while-tourists-still-island\/2628406001\/},promoBrief:A New Zealand volcanic island erupted in a building of charcoal and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring a moon-like surface.,publishDate:2019-12-09T12:47:26.243Z,series:,ssts:{leafName:world,path:news\/world,section:news,storysubject:,subsection:world,subtopic:,taxonomyEntityDisplayName:World,topic:},tags:[{id:9e7ddd49-e08c-4852-8e8f-f73ef244cba3,name:Volcano Eruptions},{id:fce826bd-1c80-4c14-a974-882184f5dc85,name:New Zealand},{id:6f55135f-3b5e-490d-8a52-a3b8e1f11ee7,name:Video Syndication - USAT}],title:New Zealand volcano erupts while tourists still on island,url:\/videos\/news\/world\/2019\/12\/09\/new-zealand-volcano-erupts-while-tourists-still-island\/2628406001\/}\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/624d1_5b3fe004-9668-4075-8a4d-313dd1045eb0-VPC_NZ_VOLCANO_WIDE_MICAHEL_SCHADE_STORYFUL.jpg\" data-g-r=\"vp_po\" \/><\/button><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A volcanic tear on New Zealand&#8217;s White Island, also called\u00a0Whakaari, is inspiring travelers going to and from a area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fewer than 50 people were on a island when it erupted and 23 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">including 5 dead<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0have been evacuated, pronounced Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims. He was uncertain of a accurate series of people blank though pronounced it was in a double digits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Still\u00a0more people are reported blank on\u00a0the island but\u00a0police pronounced a conditions stays too dangerous for hunt and rescue crews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Videos and photos common on<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"> amicable media uncover large plumes of fume <\/a>coming off a volcanic\u00a0island off a country&#8217;s northeast coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Travel does not seem to be influenced on a incomparable scale, however.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As of 8 a.m. EST Monday, a tear did not seem to be\u00a0affecting flights, with\u00a0no poignant cancellations or delays in or out of Auckland, Wellington or\u00a0Australia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/27757_23742185-a097-4662-b956-0e49b19d4cb1-EPA_NEW_ZEALAND_VOLCANIC_ERUPTION.JPG\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/09\/USAT\/23742185-a097-4662-b956-0e49b19d4cb1-EPA_NEW_ZEALAND_VOLCANIC_ERUPTION.JPG?width=1320height=882fit=cropformat=pjpgauto=webp 2x\" alt=\"An picture supposing by caller Michael Schade shows White Island (Whakaari) volcano, as it erupts, in a Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Reuters<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Newsweek<\/a>, journey line officials contend some\u00a0tourists on a island during Monday&#8217;s tear were on a seaside outing to a area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Royal Caribbean reliable to a Associated Press that several passengers from a Ovation of a Seas\u00a0were furloughed White Island on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to a ship-tracking website <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Vesselfinder.com<\/a>,\u00a0Ovation of a Seas has given left pier in\u00a0Tauranga, about\u00a056 miles\u00a0from a island, and is headed for Wellington, New Zealand.\u00a0 It is not transparent if a ship&#8217;s\u00a0passengers were among those who have been evacuated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">USA TODAY has reached out to Royal Caribbean for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">United Kingdom&#8217;s Foreign and Commonwealth Office website<\/a> remarkable that an puncture response is underway and that British adults in a area should follow a recommendation of internal authorities and their debate operators. Anyone in need of obligatory assistance was urged to <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">contact a British High Commission in Wellington<\/a>\u00a0or call\u00a0+64 (0) 4 924 2888.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Meanwhile, on a other side of a country, scarcely 1,000 tourists are <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">stranded in a small\u00a0town of Franz Josef after inclement weekend continue triggered landslides and flooding<\/a> along a town\u2019s categorical highway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Authorities pronounced highway entrance to a city expected won\u2019t be easy until Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Some of a tourists were selecting to leave by helicopter or tiny craft while others were watchful until a highway reopened.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Westland Mayor Bruce Smith\u00a0said many of a 970 tourists in Franz Josef were holding a news in stride, though some were undone their transport skeleton had been disrupted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He pronounced there were about 20 planes and helicopters drifting in and out of a city to assistance people leave. He pronounced some tourists wanted to stay with their vehicles while others were perplexing to get acknowledgment their transport word would cover a additional costs of drifting out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contributing: The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">What &#8216;nightmares are done of&#8217;:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Giant palm sculpture in New Zealand draws churned reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Go wild!:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">10 remote islands with extraordinary animals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/41a9c_459835f5-af53-4980-85fa-f001a5c88df4-NEW_ZEALAND_VOLCANO_ERUPTION_001.JPG\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/09\/USAT\/459835f5-af53-4980-85fa-f001a5c88df4-NEW_ZEALAND_VOLCANO_ERUPTION_001.JPG?crop=3267,1837,x624,y894width=1320height=744format=pjpgauto=webp 2x\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~\/612514252\/0\/usatodaycomtravel-topstories~New-Zealand-volcano-eruption-Royal-Caribbean-cruise-nearby-other-travel-effects\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A volcanic tear on New Zealand&#8217;s White Island, also called\u00a0Whakaari, is inspiring travelers going to and from a area. Fewer than 50 people were on a island when it erupted and 23 \u2013\u00a0including 5 dead\u00a0\u2013\u00a0have been evacuated, pronounced Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims. He was uncertain of a accurate series of people blank though pronounced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-196683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}