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Insurance Coverage After Lala – A Quick Guide for Hawai’i Residents
Why Flood Insurance is Critical This Hurricane Season
The National Weather Service (NWS) prediction of an above-normal hurricane season in the central Pacific is already proving to be true in just the first couple of months into the 2026 season. Tropical Storm Fausto in late July and Hurricane Lala last week have many property owners, business owners, and renters reevaluating their storm preparedness... Continue Reading →
DLNR PREPARES FOR TROPICAL STORM LALA
STATE OF HAWAIʻIKA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D.GOVERNORKE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCESKA ‘OIHANA KUMUWAIWAI ‘ĀINA RYAN K.P. KANAKAʻOLECHAIRPERSONKA LUNA HOʻOKELE DAVID D. DAYDEPUTY DIRECTORKA HOPE LUNA HOʻOKELE DLNR PREPARES FOR TROPICAL STORM LALA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 13, 2026 HONOLULU – With Tropical Storm Lala on approach and a hurricane watch... Continue Reading →
Deadline to Apply for FEMA Assistance Extended to June 14 for Maui, Hawai‘i and Honolulu Counties
Release Date: April 23, 2026Release Number: NR-002 Residents of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawai'i and Maui counties who were affected by the March 10–24, 2026 Kona Low flooding now have until June 14, 2026, to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance. Under the President’s Major Disaster Declaration, FEMA’s Individual Assistance program is available to help eligible... Continue Reading →
MEMA Emergency Preparedness Expo 2026
MEMA encourages community members to attend the annual Emergency Preparedness Expo on Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Queen Kaʻahumanu Center, 275 W. Kaʻahumanu Ave., Kahului. This free community event will bring together partnering agencies and organizations to provide the public with emergency preparedness education, resources and hands-on information to help... Continue Reading →
Do I Live in a Dam Evacuation Zone?
You may have recently learned from reading our March 10th blog post that you live near a state regulated dam. Now you may be asking yourself, "what does this mean and how do I factor this information into my family's emergency preparedness plans?". The Department of Land and Natural Resources' Engineering Division recently deployed a... Continue Reading →
April is Hawaiʻi Tsunami Awareness Month
Since the 1990s, Hawaiʻi has used April as Tsunami Awareness Month. Federal, State, and Local government agencies, the Pacific Tsunami Museum, and other non-profit organizations team together to sponsor awareness and outreach events aimed at sustaining awareness of Hawaiʻi's tsunami hazards. The April 1, 1946 (April Fool's day) tsunami from the Aleutian islands surprised the... Continue Reading →
Important Resources to Assist in Storm Recovery
The following is a compilation of important resources provided by FEMA to help property owners and renters navigate the recovery process from the recent Kona low storm this past weekend: Quick Resources Video: How to Document Damage Flyer: NFIP How To Start a Flood Insurance Claim Starting Your Claim Fact Sheet: Starting Your Recovery: FEMA’s... Continue Reading →
Counties encourage property owners to report damage from recent Kona low storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S939P15mVV0 On February 21st, Hawai'i experienced a severe weather event that caused significant flooding, especially to hard hit windward Oʻahu. Now, less than a month later, another (Kona low) system brought more rain and damaging winds across the entire state this past weekend. County officials want to better understand the damages and impacts this system... Continue Reading →