Woman attacks husband in row over hurricane preparations

An elderly Florida woman has attacked her husband with a butcher's knife in a row over Hurricane Isabel.

Joan W Harris, 70, is said to have carried out the attack because her husband was watching television instead of preparing for the hurricane.

Harris, from Port St Lucie, faces a charge of aggravated assault.

Police said: "Apparently, the argument began while the husband was watching football, and the wife was insisting he make hurricane preparations. He refused and said that he'd get to it at half-time.''

A spokeswoman said Harris then grabbed an eight-inch butcher's knife and chased her husband into a bedroom.

Police says she then began stabbing at the door before gaining entry and flinging the knife at her husband, catching him in the lower leg.

Harris was held by police before being released on bail of $10,000 (about €8,800).

Hurricane forecasters in Miami said earlier in the weekend that Isabel wasn't likely to hit Florida.