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 →