Weatherday: Eruption

A damp start will get wetter through the morning, and rain will persist until mid-afternoon.

Strong winds from the south east are expected to develop from later this morning and will moderate after dark. Highest temperature about 10deg.

On this day in 1943, a completely new volcano erupted in a farmer's corn field in Mexico. Paracutin is now 208 metres high, having buried two towns and damaged an area of more than 223 sq kilometres. It is currently dormant.

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