Devastating news out of hawaii right now. Officials now say at least 36 people are dead in maui from the wildfires that are tearing through that island. Locals say they fear the death toll is going to go up. Were on the ground. Very shortly, two of Donald Trumps associates due in a florida court. Theyre set to plead not guilty to new charges in the probe of trumps alleged mishandling of classified documents. The fbi raid that turned deadly. A man in utah killed in a confrontation with federal agents serving a warrant over his alleged threats against President Biden. Im kate bolduan with john berman. This is cnn news central. The situation in hawaii has gone from bad to worse, and it is now very clearly the tragedy is not over. At least 36 people are confirmed dead now, and many people, many more unaccounted for as the wildfires continue to rip through maui. The videos coming out show what looks like just an in inscapable inferno playing out. One man said he and everyone he knows and lo
On this, 30% of hawaii abnormally dry. now it s up to 80%. we focus in on maui county in particular. they have had an increase of over 10% of severe drought, and look, just look closely, where that severe drought is located, right along the western facing slopes. the areas that are on the leeward side. so they re away from that influence of the wind and the potential rainfall. that s why it s so dry. good news, though, we do still have hot spots, but look at the difference compared to what it was 24 hours ago when we were reporting this originally. what a difference. basically, it ran out of room to burn. it reached the ocean and it had nowhere else to go. not a great story to tell, but that s the reality. look at the winds right now coming out of the northeast as we mentioned. 20 to 25 miles per hour through the course of the day. these are very typical tr tradewinds, but it doesn t look like there s significant rain for the near future.