Emergency warning sirens across Oahu and a few on Kauai went off accidentally at approximately 8:07 this morning. According to Mel Kaku, director of the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, ...
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The most recent eruption of Kilauea Volcano will mark another milestone on January 3, 2017. That date is the 34th anniversary of Kīlauea Volcano’s ongoing East Rift Zone eruption, which ...
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Voters in the 2016 General Election approved an amendment to the Kaua‘i County Charter that renames the county’s Civil Defense Agency (KCDA) as the Emergency Management Agency. The name change ...
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Have you ever wondered why Kīlauea Volcano’s current lava flow is called the “61g” flow? Visit To explain, we must go back to the beginning of the ongoing eruption. It ...
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As 2016 comes to a close…the people of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency are already gearing up for the challenges of 2017. During the past year Hawaii-EMA, which serves as ...
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