Episode 224: The 2019 Whakaari eruption

We all heard the news four years ago about a group of foolish tourists who made the mistake of visiting an active volcano and died as a result. Or at least, that's how the stories made them sound.

Videos:

• The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (Netflix)
• Sky News Australia airs Krystal Browitt video of tour guide warning
• Trapped in the Volcano

Articles and books:

• Eruption of Whakaari (White Island) kills ten people: September 10th, 1914
• This is the family that owns the Whakaari volcanic Island
• The December 2019 hydrothermal explosion at White Island (Whakaari), New Zealand, and its lessons for Yellowstone
• White Island volcano: what we know about the victims
• White Island volcano eruption: Whakaari Management found guilty of ‘astonishing’ safety failures
• Why the New Zealand volcano eruption caught the world by surprise
• Insights into the 9 December 2019 eruption of Whakaari/White Island from analysis of TROPOMI SO2 imagery
• White Island volcano: NZ officials charge 13 parties over tragedy
• Geonet Volcanic Alert Levels