FEMA Disaster Declarations — Hawaii
The most recent FEMA declaration for Hawaii is DR-4952-HI (Hurricane Lowell), a major disaster declaration made on 7 October 2026 for 2 areas. It does not include assistance for individual households. Hawaii has had 9 declarations in the last two years.
Hurricane Lowell DR-4952-HI
Major disaster · Hurricane · declared 7 Oct 2026 · incident began 6 Sep 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Kauai (County), Maui (County)
Hurricane Lala DR-4951-HI
Major disaster · Hurricane · declared 7 Oct 2026 · incident began 14 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
3 designated areas: Hawaii (County), Honolulu (County), Maui (County)
Tropical Storm Nolo EM-3654-HI
Emergency · Tropical Storm · declared 25 Sep 2026 · incident began 23 Sep 2026
Public Assistance
4 designated areas: Kauai (County), Hawaii (County), Honolulu (County), Maui (County)
Earthquake DR-4936-HI
Major disaster · Earthquake · declared 1 Sep 2026 · incident began 22 May 2026
Households can apply
1 designated area: Hawaii (County)
Hurricane Lala EM-3652-HI
Emergency · Tropical Storm · declared 25 Aug 2026 · incident began 14 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Hawaii (County)
Kawaihae Road Fire FM-5650-HI
Fire management · Fire · declared 26 Jul 2026 · incident began 26 Jul 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Hawaii (County)
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides DR-4909-HI
Major disaster · Flood · declared 7 Apr 2026 · incident began 10 Mar 2026
Households can apply Public Assistance
3 designated areas: Maui (County), Hawaii (County), Honolulu (County)
Holomua Fire FM-5613-HI
Fire management · Fire · declared 23 Sep 2025 · incident began 23 Sep 2025
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Maui (County)
Kunia Road Fire FM-5609-HI
Fire management · Fire · declared 19 Aug 2025 · incident began 19 Aug 2025
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Honolulu (County)
What a declaration means for you
- Major disaster (DR) unlocks the widest federal help; emergency (EM) covers protective measures, usually before or during an event; fire management (FM) pays firefighting costs.
- "Households can apply" means Individual Assistance: if your county is listed, apply at DisasterAssistance.gov, in the FEMA App or on 1-800-621-3362.
- Counties are often added days or weeks after the first declaration — check back if yours is missing.
- Beware of scams: FEMA staff never charge a fee to apply or to inspect your home.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Presidential disaster, emergency and fire management declarations from FEMA's open data, grouped from one row per designated area into one entry per declaration. Two years are shown for a state. State-level declarations and Small Business Administration or USDA disaster designations are separate and not listed here.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries on October 18, 2026, 10:26 PM EDT. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).