During port condition WHISKEY, gale force winds of 39 mph are predicted to arrive within 72 hours. Ports status are open to all commercial and recreational traffic. Keep Reading
Based on initial observations, local officials believe FEMA’s disaster response was fairly effective. But contracting problems, workforce shortages, and cost disagreements hindered certain recovery efforts. Keep Reading
Two containers have been successfully towed and secured in Hilo Harbor. Another two containers are located and marked. Cates Marine personnel will continue retrieving known containers throughout the day from the original cluster of nine. Keep Reading
According to the Coast Guard Office for Prevention Policy, the two most important things you can do: wear a life jacket and undergo a vessel safety check. Keep Reading
The pilots transported COVID-19 supplies, including temperature, reading thermometers, and hand sanitation equipment, from the Maui Airport Fire Station to personnel at Lanai Airport for use by airport staff. Keep Reading
As often happens on January nights, bands of light rain swept over Honolulu Harbor, and the silhouette of the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) pulled away from the pier at Coast Guard Base Honolulu but for the final time. Keep Reading
"An increase in blue water diving means more people in the water farther from shore. It's a combined effort, and we want to ensure everyone comes home." Keep Reading
They will operate throughout the 14th Coast Guard District, which covers more than 14 million square miles of land and sea. Keep Reading
The FRCs represent the Coast Guard's commitment to modernizing service assets to address the increasingly complex global Maritime Transportation System. Keep Reading
Last year, the volcano spewed lava and destroyed homes on the archipelago's Big Island. Then in the spring, a lava lake vanished from sight within the Halema'uma'u summit crater. Keep Reading
The Steering Committee is a collective of search and rescue agencies from five principle nations: Australia, Fiji, France, New Zealand, and the United States. Keep Reading
Barbara was once a 155-mph Category 4 hurricane. However, even though the tropical cyclone will continue to head toward Hawaii in the coming days, it will weaken. Keep Reading
For the past several months, earthquake and ground deformation rates at Mauna Loa Volcano have exceeded long term background levels. Keep Reading
Five to 8 tropical cyclones are predicted for the central Pacific hurricane basin; NOAA does not predict whether any of these systems will affect Hawaii. Keep Reading
This is the first airport response exercise of this scale conducted in an ocean environment in the state and is vital based on the volume of air traffic in the region and the proximity of most airports to the ocean. Keep Reading
For weeks on end last year, Darryl Clinton watched the Kilauea Volcano from a front-row seat on the deck of his friend’s house in Kapoho on Hawaii’s Big Island. Keep Reading
The Hawaii Volcano Observatory lowered the alert level at Kilauea from “advisory” to “normal” on Tuesday, signifying what the agency says is a return to a non-eruptive state. Keep Reading
One of the most frequently asked questions of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists over the last several months has been, “Is the eruption over?” Keep Reading
Kang was arrested after swearing allegiance to ISIS participating in an initiation ceremony on July 8, in which he kissed the ISIS flag and then expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting in downtown Honolulu and along the Waikiki strip. Keep Reading
On the morning of Jan. 13, HI-EMA sent out an island-wide alert that a ballistic missile was inbound and that it wasn’t a drill. Keep Reading