Hawaii Emergency Management Agency

The Hawai’i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) has restored telephone service after experiencing technical problems with some of its telephone systems, including the main public line. Service was interrupted early Sunday morning, Jan. 16, 2022, and restored by 4:30 p.m. Communications with emergency management partners was maintained via backup systems and email while the system fault […]

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Cancels Tsunami Advisory for Hawaiʻi For Immediate Release: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022                                                  Release No. 2022-004 HONOLULU – The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center canceled the Tsunami Advisory for the State of Hawaiʻi at 8 a.m. HST on Saturday, Jan. 15. At this time, no casualaties, injuries, or major damage has been […]

Tsunami Advisory Issued for Hawai‘i Following Tonga Volcanic Eruption For Immediate Release: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022                    Release No. 2022-003 HONOLULU – The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a Tsunami Advisory for the State of Hawai‘i at 12:40 a.m. HST on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, as a […]

FEMA Approves Over $25 Million for 2021 COVID-19 Testing and Outreach Sites For Immediate Release: Friday, Jan. 7, 2022                                           Release No. 2022-002 HONOLULU – Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during the 2021 Delta variant surge, access to free diagnostic testing sites for Hawai’i communities has been invaluable in protecting the health of residents, their […]

Teams Deployed in Maui County to Assess Private Property Damage from ‘Kona Low’ Storm For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022                                                     Release No. 2022-001 HONOLULU – Teams of state, county and federal workers will return to Maui Tuesday to examine private property damage caused by the “Kona low” weather system that dumped more than […]