Right now, new terrifying images from hawaii. Entire neighbors on fire, people fleeing to safety in a State Reckoning with a terrible tragedy. Were going to speak with a maui counsel member and the Lieutenant Governor as President Biden promises help from the federal government for this disaster. Also ahead, new details about the deadly encounter in utah. Fbi Agents Shooting and killing a man they were trying to arrest after his alarming and threatening post about President Joe Biden and other public figures. A sign of hope for Five Americans wrongfully detained in iran. A deal could bring them home soon. Were following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Right now it is all Hands On Deck as firefighters are battling flames that are still sweeping across maui and as Rescue Workers intensify their search for survivors. Right now at least 36 people are confirmed dead in Hawaii On Maui and there are Major Concerns that that death toll is going
s. the fire in hawaii has been fueled in part by these violent winds from a hurricane churning more than 800 miles offshore, and just hours ago, noaa upgraded its forecast warning warm oceans, setting records, will spur even more storms this season than usual. meteorologist chad myers is in the cnn weather center for us. tell us about these predictions, chad? yeah. the atlantic hurricane season is now predicted to be above normal, where we have this tug of war between very warm water that should make bigger and more storms and then the el nino that should stir them up and break them apart. it will be all season long, just a tug of war. what s going to be more important, the very warm water or that sheer that could tear those storms apart? an el nino year has more sheer. a hurricane likes to be by itself like my old cat.