Hearst's house for sale, just 82m Ian Sample on waterspouts Senator apologises for past sins after his phone number is posted on escort agency website Bush faces down own party as discontent over Iraq deepens Pound hits 26-year high as trade gap narrows Butler pays $66,000 to settle Elvis Presley case NYSE begins inquiry into spike in ABN Amro trading Judge tells deadlocked Black trial jury to think again McCain challenge falters as top aides quit Springfield, Vermont, to host Simpsons premiere Nixon dismissed Watergate as a 'Republican problem' The US National Weather Service's warning to boaters who might find themselves facing a waterspout - a giant tube of water that stretches from the sea to the sky - is crystal clear: get out of the way and back to harbour. The latest warning, issued at 5.58pm local time on Monday, raised the alarm on Florida's Lake Okeechobee, an expanse of fresh water covering 700 square miles.
It said waterspouts were forecast and had been glimpsed by a nearby sheriff's office. It reminded them that waterspouts are capable of overturning boats, damaging ships and killing people.
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