Disaster Data / States / Hawaii / Honolulu County
CountyHonolulu County recorded 9 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 5 emergency declarations and 4 fire management declarations, 18 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Honolulu County, HI
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Honolulu County runs between 2005 and 2026, covering 18 declarations in complete fiscal years, plus 1 so far in FY2027. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Hurricane Lala in 2026. The hazards behind these declarations were most often fire, severe storm, and flood.
Past 12 months
Honolulu County has been named in 3 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Honolulu County to date and grow as recovery continues. The one made since Oct 1, 2026 is from FY2027, so it is added to the complete-year totals above after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4951-HIMajor disaster · Hurricane | Oct 7, 2026Incident period Aug 14 to 16, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| EM-3654-HIEmergency · Tropical Storm | Sep 25, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| DR-4909-HIMajor disaster · Flood | Apr 7, 2026Incident period Mar 10 to 24, 2026 | 1,199of 1,916 registered | $13M | None reported yet |
DR-4909-HI has already approved 1,199 households for assistance, more than any other Honolulu County disaster in FEMA's household assistance data, which begins in 2002. The previous high was DR-1814-HI in 2009, with 698. COVID-19 funeral assistance is left out of this comparison. Honolulu County's 1,199 households are 45% of the 2,668 approved across Hawaii under DR-4909-HI.
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 57.1% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $6,943,153 |
| Rental assistance | $4,526,691 |
| Other needs | $9,505,591 |
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 26 | $10,453,495 |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 3 | $4,738,734 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 2 | $243,750 |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities(BRIC) | 2 | $171,656 |
Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.
Archive coverage for Hawaii: Current Governor emergency proclamations plus partial 2014-2022 State Procurement mirror; verified joining coverage is narrower; plus 3 weather declarations from FMCSA's archive of state emergency declarations (2017-present)
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
The totals above count complete fiscal years only. This list also includes one declaration made since Oct 1, 2026 (FY2027); it is added to the totals after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
Showing 19 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | DR-4951-HI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Lala |
| Sep 25, 2026 | EM-3654-HI | EM | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Nolo |
| Apr 7, 2026 | DR-4909-HI | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Aug 19, 2025 | FM-5609-HI | FM | Fire | Kunia Road Fire |
| Feb 15, 2022 | DR-4639-HI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides |
| Jul 25, 2020 | EM-3529-HI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Douglas |
| Apr 1, 2020 | DR-4510-HI | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3431-HI | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Sep 12, 2018 | EM-3404-HI | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Olivia |
| Aug 22, 2018 | EM-3399-HI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Lane |
| May 8, 2018 | DR-4365-HI | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Apr 8, 2011 | DR-1967-HI | DR | Tsunami | Tsunami Waves |
| Jan 5, 2009 | DR-1814-HI | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 14, 2007 | FM-2720-HI | FM | Fire | Waialua Fire |
| Oct 17, 2006 | DR-1664-HI | DR | Earthquake | Earthquake |
| May 2, 2006 | DR-1640-HI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Aug 19, 2005 | FM-2577-HI | FM | Fire | Waikele Fire |
| Aug 15, 2005 | FM-2576-HI | FM | Fire | Nanakuli Brush Fire |
| Feb 1, 2005 | DR-1575-HI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flash Flooding |
Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Hawaii's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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