Weather hampers search for missing New Zealand volcano victims

HANDOUT / NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE / AFP

Bad weather has hampered the search for the two remaining victims of New Zealand's White Island volcanic eruption.

Authorities identified them as 17-year-old Australian national Winona Langford and 40-year-old New Zealand tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman. 

A police helicopter was forced to return, with the officers confirming the bodies are in the waters around the island.

The official death toll from the eruption on White Island stands at 16. 

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