The Hawai'i State Department of Land and Natural Resources, National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will be at the Maui County Disaster Preparedness Expo to perform flood zone determinations for property owners and have information regarding the NFIP. When: Saturday, July 13, 2024 10 AM to 2 PM Where: Queen Kaahumanu Center 275 W. Kaʻahumanu Ave.Kahului,... Continue Reading →
Survey: Help the City Improve Community Flood Awareness & Resilience
Don’t Lose What You Love in a Flood! Everyone on O‘ahu lives in a flood zone. While not everyone shares the same level of risk, anywhere it rains it can flood. During the past five years, O‘ahu residents participating in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program have filed over 360 claims... Continue Reading →
What a Government Shutdown Means for the NFIP
As the United States barrels toward the end of the fiscal year, a stalemate over the budget is making a government shutdown seem more likely by the day. Without a budget resolution in place by the Sept. 30 deadline, federal agencies must stop all non-essential work.
2nd Annual North Shore Emergency Preparedness Event and Craft Fair
Join us for a day of disaster preparedness, food, fun, and crafts on the North Shore!
Historical NFIP Claims Information and Trends
FEMA has released a data visualization map that shows the NFIP flood claims across the united states since 1980. This interactive tool lets you sort the flood insurance claim in every US state and territory by year.
Climate Community Fair – Hawai'i Island
The Department of Land and Natural Resources - Engineering Division will be on hand to answer questions about the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) at the Climate Community Fair!
New Building Codes Activity Book for Children
FEMA has created an activity coloring book titled Building Codes Activity Book to help children learn about the ways in which building codes help to protect communities against natural hazards. By using natural hazard-resistant building codes, communities are better prepared for events such as earthquakes, storms, floods, and fires.
Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance for Agents 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. Both parts of this webinar were newly filed for continuing education credits.
La Nina, Three Years in a Row
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center has forecasted a third year of La Nina conditions in the Pacific. La Nina is a natural ocean-atmospheric phenomenon marked by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator, and the opposite of El Nino, which features warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in that region
NFIP Authorization Has Been Extended until December 16, 2022
Congress must periodically renew the NFIP’s statutory authority to operate. On Sept. 30, 2022, the president signed legislation passed by Congress that extends the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP’s) authorization to Dec. 16, 2022. Congress must now reauthorize the NFIP by no later than 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2022.