1.   Recurrent heavy showers will soak many areas from Central Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley as surges of moist air arrive from the Gulf of Mexico.

2.   Light rain fell in the middle of the country Friday, and scattered showers soaked portions of the West.

3.   Scattered showers also soaked the Tennessee and Lower Mississippi valleys as well as the Carolinas.

4.   Showers had soaked them and sent them off three times.

5.   Soaked by showers in a lush green rain forest, President Clinton urged nations not to sacrifice their environment in pursuit of economic gain.

6.   Umpires Cyril Mitchely of South Africa and V.K. Ramaswamy of India ruled out play after intermittent showers soaked the Vidarbha Cricket Association Grounds in this central Indian city.