2025_07_29_Emergency_Proclamation_for_Tsunami

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C.Kinto Alameda,Ph.D. C William`. rillimit ,Jr. ; �. Ma tar° Managing iaa Director Merrick Nishi rato Deputy Managing Director County of Hawaii - Office of the Mayor 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 * Hilo,F awai'I 96720 ® Phone(808)961-8211 a Fax(808)961-6553 KO NA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokftlole Hwy., Bldg C a Kaihu-Korea, Hawraai'i 96740 Phone(808)3234444 a Fax(808)3234440 EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION LAT°I I EVENT RESULTINGA LTA THE A RUSSIA y the authority crested in me as the Mayor of the County of Hawaii (County) by the Constitution and laws of the State of Hawaii, and by the Charter and ordinances of the County of i'i, to prepare for and respond to emergencies n disasters, I, C. KI Cl ALAMEDA, Mayor of the County of awai'i, hereby determine, designate, and proclaim asfollows: WHEREAS, a rai'i Revised Statutes ( ) Chapter 127A, provides for the establishment of County organizations for emergency management with the Mayor having direct responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County of Ha ai'i; and WHEREAS, I1 S Chapter 127A, and a ai`i County Code( ) Chapter 7, establish a Civil Defense Agency within the County of a °ai`i and prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities; and WHEREAS, § 127A-14(b) empowers the Mayor to declare the existence of a local state of emergency in the County by proclamation if the Mayor finds that an emergency or a disaster has occurred or that there is imminent danger or threat of an emergency or a disaster in any portion of the County, as those terms are defined in HRS § 127A®2; and WHEREAS, the Charter of the County of Hawaii ( H) § 1 -23 and HC;C § 7-1-6(a) also empower the Mayor to declare a state of disaster or emergency by proclamation; and WHEREAS, the National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center S PT C) issued a bulletin at 1:33PM HSTon July 29, 2025, that are earthquake occurred off the cast coast of Kamchatka Russia(52.2 `orth 160.0 East) at 1:25PM HST can July 29, 2025, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0; WHEREAS, the NWS PT WC issued a tsunami watch for the State of 1-Iawai`i effective at 1:33PM HST based on the available data that a tsunami may have been generated by the earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas far from the epicenter with the estimated earliest arrival of the first tsunami wave being 7-17PM HST on July 29, 2 ; an WHEREAS, the NWS PT WC issued a tsunami warning for the State of Iiawaiei at 2:43PM and upgraded the earthquake assessment to an 8.7 magnitude stating that a tsunami has C°c unly of Flawa i'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer,.