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That's why the city wants people to check out 21 new tsunami evacuation maps for Oahu. The map for Waikiki show a lot more areas in the inundation zone. "As you can see, it's dramatically ...
SUNSET BEACH (HawaiiNewsNow) - It's time to double-check your danger zone. New streets, new homes, new elevations - it's all incorporated into Oahu's new tsunami evacuation maps, updated for the ...
Oahu’s tsunami evacuation maps will be updated for the first time in 19 years, in response to updated ocean-floor data. The city Department of Emergency Management will hold public outreach ...
The city unveiled Thursday a new set of Extreme Tsunami Evacuation Zone (XTEZ) maps, which outline refuge areas and routes in high-impact, worst-case scenarios. The zones do not replace current ...
The hazard areas marked by the signs encompass both of Oahu’s evacuation zones: the standard zone, marked in red on the map, which is closest to shore and would be evacuated for any tsunami ...
The state Office of Planning's Coastal Zone Management Program (OP-CZM) is developing comprehensive high-resolution Tsunami Design Zone (TDZ) maps for the Island of Oahu.
The zones, which are activated during a tsunami warning, were last updated in 2006. “The need (for the update) was that there is better scientific modeling available,” said Anna Foust, county ...
Hilo’s existing tsunami evacuation zones are not sufficient to respond to a hypothetical megatsunami, according to a University of Hawaii researcher. Those models were completed in 2015 and were ...
Scientists warn 1,000-foot ‘mega-tsunami’ could wipe part of America off the map. Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the ...
The hazard areas marked by the signs encompass both of Oahu’s evacuation zones : the standard zone, marked in red on the map, which is closest to shore and would be evacuated for any tsunami ...