Weatherday: Amelia's Landing

It's wet and windy and will stay that way through the day. Rain will be heavy at times, with the chance of local flooding.

Winds fresh to strong and gusty, from the south. Temperatures up to 12deg.

On this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart set off on a flight to Paris, but would land in a field near Derry, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

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