Bad weather has wiped out the last remaining sensors on Whakaari/White Island. However, GeoNet says it has not detected significant changes in activity at the volcano over the past few months.
Whakatāne-based webcam images and monitoring flights confirmed continuing steam and gas plumes from the volcanic island with no significant changes in the active crater, GeoNet said in a statement.
“Following the recent severe weather, one of our surviving on-island sites has not recovered.
“Consequently, we can no longer receive data from the North Rim webcam and the Crater Floor GNSS (GPS) sensor. These were our last remaining reliable sensors on the island,” GeoNet said.
The Volcanic Alert Level at the island remained at two - denoting moderate to heightened volcanic unrest.