The Nation - News from June 7, 1985

More than 10 inches of rain soaked Texas and Oklahoma, chasing residents from their homes and causing five auto fatalities in accidents on flooded roads. At the same time, a heat wave blamed for at least three deaths scorched the South for the sixth day. As churches offered air-conditioned refuge to the poor, the heat set or tied records at 15 places, including Live Oak, Fla., where the temperature reached 106 degrees. The mercury at Huntsville, Ala., crested at 98, establishing a record for a sixth straight day. But forecasters promised that relief from the heat was just a few days away.