The Nation - News from Oct. 10, 1985

A tearful Puerto Rico Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon and thousands of mourners jammed the basketball court in the coliseum of Ponce at a mass funeral for victims of this week’s floods and landslides triggered by a tropical deluge. At least 70 bodies have either been recovered or spotted in the muddy debris and as many as 500 more people are feared dead. Local officials estimated damages in the southern region would reach more than $100 million. Hernandez Colon said the top priority will be finding new housing for at least 2,000 homeless people.