News, we are tracking devastating and Deadly Wildfires across hawaii. Drought and hurricaneforce winds fueling multiple blazes which have killed at least six people. Hawaiis Lieutenant Governor joins me live this hour. We are following Breaking News out of utah where a man accused of threatening to kill President Biden has just been shot dead by fbi agents trying to arrest him. The Fulton County District Attorney is expected to seek indictments against more than a dozen people as she nears Charging Decisions in her probe of the Election Interference by donald trump and his allies. Stand by for details. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News. The horrendous wildfires scorching the Island Of Maui and that way. We are very grim reports of a rising death toll as authorities urge residents and tourists to flee the fastmoving blazes. Cnn Meteorologis
Ahead on cnn newsroom. The wind came. The gas stations blew up. Everything caught fire. And we had to evacuate. Paradise is burning. We will bring you the harrowing stories of people trying to escape the Deadly Wildfires taking over the Hawaiian Island of maui. Plus, more than a dozen people could be indicted with the 2020 election results. Will the former president be on that list . And live in hong kong with a look at restrictions on u. S. Investment in china. Right now, wildfires are raging in parts of hawaii. They have killed at least six people on the island of maui. Footage from the tourist hot spot shows a decimated community that looks like a war zone. Many people dont have power or cell phone service. And thousands are in shelters as Emergency Crews Carry Out Search And Rescue operations for those missing. Hospitals are overwhelmed with patients suffering from burns and smoke inhalation. Federal and state leaders are holding a News Conference this hour. Were expecting an updat
Operation under way in maui county, new helicopter video showing homes and businesses burned to the ground. my 52 years of flying on maui, never seen anything like that. reporter: the state is getting blackhawk helicopters to tight the fires on the big island. maui s mayor saying 2,000 people in shelters. all this has winds push across the island and fuel the flames. we never anticipated in this state, that a hurricane, which did not make impact on our islands, would cause these wildfires. wildfires that wiped out communities and businesses. reporter: lieutenant governor, sylvia luke, who is
The horrendous wildfires scorching the island of maui and that way. we are very grim reports of a rising death toll as authorities urge residents and tourists to flee the fast-moving blazes. cnn meteorologist derek van dam has all of the latest developmentses. it looks like an area that had been bombed in the war. tonight at least six people confirmed dead and a massive search and rescue operation under way in maui county as wildfires engulf two hawaiian islands. new helicopter video showing homes and businesses burned to the ground. in my 52 years of flying on maui, i ve never seen anything like that. the state now activating military black hawk helicopters to fight the fires that are burning across maui and some brushfires on the big island. maui s mayor saying more than 2,000 people are in shelters and all of this as winds associated with hurricane dora continue to push across the island and fuel