The Nation - News from Aug. 5, 1986
Parts of the withered Southeast got a respite from the heat, but reservoirs continued to shrink, and farmers waited for more donations of hay from across the country to feed their cattle. Farmers probably will get only enough free hay to carry them through the most critical time of the drought, said Frank Bordeaux, chief economist for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Highs only reached the low 90s in South Carolina. Columbus, Ga., warmed to 95, with 90 in Atlanta. But North Carolina stayed in the 80s, including 86 at Charlotte, and Elizabeth City and Cape Hatteras on the coast reached 75.
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