Meet Maui County’s New Floodplain Administrator

Sherilyn “Berry” Ueoka was born and raised in Wailuku, Maui. She is a licensed civil engineer with the Department of Public Works, Engineering Division since 2023. Berry has over 20 years of civil and coastal engineering experience in the private sector with specialized expertise in performing and integrating numerical models of coastal, estuarine, fluvial, and... Continue Reading →

Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance Webinar 2.0

Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance for Agents 2.0 is a two-part course on FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program. This course brings participants the latest information on the NFIP, including instruction on the NFIP’s pricing methodology – Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action. Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance for Agents 2.0 also reviews the key elements that insurance agents need to know about the NFIP and how it works.

FEMA unveils updated Flood Risk Maps for Oʻahu; residents invited to informational open houses

O‘AHU – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and the City and County of Honolulu (City) invite Oʻahu residents, especially home and business owners, to attend an important informational open house on significant updates to FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Oʻahu. Since 2019, FEMA has undertaken an... Continue Reading →

View Oʻahu’s Preliminary FIRM Maps

Flood risks change over time. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works with communities across the country to identify flood hazards and promote ways to reduce the impacts and risks. Since 2019, FEMA has been conducting the Oʻahu Flood Hazard Restudy by performing detailed hydrologic and hydraulic studies using the latest high-quality data to analyze... Continue Reading →

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