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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...

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...

*For Immediate Release*Dec. 30, 2021 What: Monthly Siren Test for January 2022Who: Hawaiʻi Emergency Management AgencyWhen: Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, 11:45 a.m. MONTHLY SIREN AND EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST   HONOLULU — The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with...

Damage Assessments Begin for ‘Kona low’ Storm Impact; Multi-Agency Teams Evaluated Maui Property Damage on Monday For Immediate ReleaseDec. 20, 2021 HONOLULU – Teams of state, county, and federal workers got an in-person look Monday at damages caused by the...

Damage Assessment Begins as Storm Moves West; Be Sure to Document Losses, Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency Urges HONOLULU – State and county teams began assessing damage Wednesday from the “Kona Low” weather system which set new rainfall records across the...