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NATION Wednesday, January 9, 2008 A6 HERALD NEWS WASHINGTON Winter storms kill four in Arkansas and Indiana Video shows Iranian boats near U.S. ships Bush calls incident a 'provocative act' Tornadoes, flooding spur evacuations By KELLY P. KISSEL The Associated Press By L0LITA C. BALD0R The Associated Press WASHINGTON Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around massive U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a man speaking heavily accented English threatened, "I am coming to you.

You will explode," according to a video released Tuesday by the Pentagon. The Iranian boats appeared to ignore repeated warnings from the U.S. ships, including horn blasts and radio transmissions, as the ships moved through the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf. In a four-minute, 20-second video, shot from the bridge of the destroyer USS Hopper, the small boats including a bright blue one can be seen racing near the wake the U.S. ships and crossing close to each other.

From the Hopper's bridge, after spotting the approaching Iranian boats, a Navy crew member says over the radio: "This is coalition warship. I am engaged in transit passage in accordance with international law. I intend no harm. Over." Often uneven and shaky, the video condenses what Navy officials have said was a 20-minute or so clash early Sunday between three Navy warships and five Iranian fast boats. It ends with a blank screen, as only the audio of the Navy's final warning can be heard, just after the voice warns that they are coming.

"Inbound small craft: You are approaching a coalition warship operating in international waters. Your identity is not known; your intentions are unclear," the unidentified Navy crew member says. He then cautions the Iranians that if they do not steer clear they will be "subject to defensive measures." "Request that you alter course immediately to remain clear," the crew member says. After a pause, the man with the accent issues a final threat: "You will explode after (indecipherable) minutes." A Navy crew member then repeated the threat as he heard it: "He says, 'You will explode after a few At that point the tape ends. President Bush on Tuesday denounced the incident as a "provocative act." "It is a dangerous situation," Bush said during a news conference.

"They should not have done it, pure and simple. I don't know what their thinldng was." The audio and video recordings were made separately but were pulled together by the Navy. Internal U.S. Navy transmissions can also be heard on the tape. The Hopper was in the lead, followed by the cruiser USS Port Royal and the frigate USS Ingraham.

The top Navy commander in the Gulf said the Iranian fleet of high-speed boats charged at and threatened to blow up the Navy convoy as it passed near but outside Iranian waters on Sunday. MIKE WINTROAHThe Associated Press Glen Martin of the Akins Fire Department looks over a home that was destroyed by a tornado in Appleton, where one person was killed. LITTLE ROCK, ARK. A line of thunderstorms fed by unusually warm weather continued spinning off swarms of January tornadoes Tuesday, WEATHER killing a man in Arkansas and carrying a cow close to a mile. At least three people died and hundreds were evacuated because of flooding in Indiana, where more than 5 inches of rain in some areas pushed rivers and streams over their banks.

Two of the victims were young children trapped in a submerged car. A tornado that hit Appleton, rolled a doublewide mobile home off its cinder block supports, killing a man and injuring his wife. The trailer appeared to have rolled for 50 yards before smashing against a stand of trees. "The tornado hit and, just, it looked like his house pretty much exploded. It was taken completely off the blocks and just tore to pieces.

They were both in the wreckage," said Pope County Sheriff Jay Winters. Another tornado was spotted Tuesday afternoon in northwest Tennessee. The Dyer County Sheriffs Department reported no injuries, but the Dyersburg State Gazette reported a string of homes north of Halls were destroyed or heavily damaged. The Appleton storm hit about 8:40 a.m., damaging or destroying homes, chicken houses and other farm outbuildings. Damage wasn't widespread because there are few homes in the rural area, about 60 miles northwest of Little Rock in the Ozark foothills.

Kirk Ellins, his girlfriend and father were heading toward his parents' house and their storm cellar when his truck was stalled ter reached waist-high in some places, said Karen Wilson, Jasper County's emergency management director. In nearby White County, boats were called to help move hundreds of people in Monticello, Blue Water Beach and Diamond Point, county emergency management director Gordon Cochran said. Other parts of the country were able to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. Temperatures hit record highs Monday in scores of cities from the Plains to the Northeast, and more records were set in many areas Tuesday. The reason for the balmy breezes was a high-pressure system near Bermuda, with warm air circulating clockwise around it and flowing from the Gulf Coast states north, said John Quinlan, a National Weather Service against the tornado's winds.

"I had it floored and it wasn't doing nothing. I looked to my right and the hay barn and shop just disappeared," Ellins said. "I don't know how we kept from getting killed," he said. "When the truck started spinning and I saw tin flying by, I thought this was it." Ellins said the tornado picked up one of his family's cows. It survived, even though the storm "probably carried her about three-quarters of a mile," he said.

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