Weatherday: The biggest bang in history

There's a yellow rainfall weather warning through the day, valid until 6am tomorrow. A mostly cloudy start, rain coming in after breakfast. Could be heavy with intense thundery pulses through lunch.

Tapering off to lighter but persistent rain through late afternoon and evening. Highest expected temperatures 15deg and variable light to moderate wind.

On this day in 1883, the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa blew up with an energy almost 9,000 times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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