Josh Green: “Tropical Storm Lala poses a serious threat to our state, particularly Hawaiʻi Island — and we are taking action now to…”

State, county, utility and emergency personnel are working around the clock, but the scale and urgency of these impacts exceed what Hawaiʻi can address alone.

“We will never forget.

We cannot wait for every damaged road, utility pole, harbor and public facility to be assigned a dollar value before asking the federal government to act.

Four major disasters in six months have caused extraordinary damage across our state and made clear that recovery and resilience must move forward together.