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Happening now. breaking news. deadly force. hurricane dorian ravages the bahamas, striking as one of the most powerful storms on record and still pummeling the islands more than 36 hours later. tonight, millions of americans are under evacuation orders as the storm aims for the southeastern united states. dangerously close. that's the forecast for dorian's trek towards florida. we have a new timeline on when the life-threatening hurricane conditions are expected. even slight shifts in this monstrous storm could make it even more perilous. dive boat horror. as many as 34 people may be dead ...

>> just to be clear, sounds like you're saying, sir, that only five people that you know of safely got off that boat. none of the 34 others on board that you know of at least at this point were rescued by the coast guard. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> do we know who was on this boat? it was a diving boat. was it tourists? are there children on board? >> until we're able to obtain a crewmanfes femanifest, i won't information on that. that's ongoing now. set up at coast guard stable where operations will take place for the long-term. >> you mentioned there were several attempts to put ...

Multiple fire departments are on the scene. this is over the blaze that broke out at 3:15 a.m. local time, pacific time this morning in ventura county, california. on that commercial diving boat, a 75-foot boat. 39 people, passengers and crew for a labor day diving trip. we know that five crew members were able to escape the burning vessel. what we don't know is the status of the 34 others on board. listen to this. >> the fire has been put out multiple times and re-flashed, so there's multiple coast guard and local ventura county fire department assets on scene, but we're not able to yet breac...

We'll come right back to you there in florida. plus, we'll speak live with hurricane hunters who have flown into this storm. also developing right now, 34 people are missing and feared dead after a diving boat catches fire off the coast of california. we are going to take you there. and we're also learning what happened to the west texas gunman in the hours before he opened fire, shooting strangers in two communities. this is cnn's special live coverage. ahh... your teeth hurt? sensitivity. gotta do something about it. new crest gum and sensitivity starts treating sensitivity immediately...

Angeles coast north of santa cruz island and some stunning and scary details coming out from that. 34 unaccounted for passengers on this boat that was a commercial diving boat. they were below deck when the fire broke out. we're told by the coast guard there were five crew members above deck when the fire broke out and they were able to jump off and into the water. sadly, as we heard from that coast guard captain, the 34 people unaccounted for it is no longer a rescue operation but a recovery operation, which does not bode well. >> the five crew members were able to jump off the top of the boa...