Hawai‘i County Ends Feb. 2026 Severe Weather Emergency Proclamation

C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D., Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, formally ended the Emergency Proclamation Relating to the February 2026 Severe Weather Event, stating the action was "effective immediately" in a termination proclamation posted on the county website on 02/20/2026 at 2:00 PM. The proclamation cites HRS § 127A-14(c) and (d) as the legal basis for termination and includes the mayor’s explicit line: "I, C. KIMO ALAMEDA, Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, hereby terminate the Emergency Proclamation Relating to the February 2026 Severe Weather Event dated February 8, 2026, pursuant to HRS § 127A-14(c) and (d), effective immediately, as I find that the local state of emergency is no longer necessary."

The termination document references the original Emergency Proclamation issued February 8, 2026 under HRS § 127A-14(b), the Charter of the County of Hawai‘i § 13-23, and Hawai‘i County Code § 7-1-6(a). At the time the Feb. 8 proclamation was issued, the county recited that there were an active National Weather Service Flood Watch and High Wind Warning for the entire State of Hawai‘i and a Winter Storm Warning for the Big Island Summits above 11,000 feet, all expected to be in effect through February 9, 2026. The Feb. 8 proclamation listed forecasted impacts that prompted the declaration, including "heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, flash floods, damaging winds, and heavy snow accumulations on the Big Island Summits."

The county gave a concise reason for ending the local emergency, stating that "the relevant NWS watches, warnings, and/or advisories affecting the County of Hawai‘i are no longer in effect, and the dangers, threats, and/or circumstances supporting the emergency proclamation have waned." The termination page also records the formal approvals and signatures: "APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Renee N.C. Schoen Corporation Counsel" and the closing line "Done at the County of Hawai‘i, this 20th day of February 2026" with Mayor Alameda’s signature block.

The county action sits alongside a separate state proclamation by Governor Josh Green, M.D., which documents heavy rains starting the night of Friday, February 20, 2026 and continuing through Sunday, February 22, 2026 that "inundated the State causing road closures, evacuations, flooding, and damage to property, roads, and other infrastructure." Governor Green’s proclamation was finalized "this 23rd day of February 2026," approves a disaster emergency relief period through Saturday, February 28, 2026 unless terminated or superseded, and is approved by Attorney General B. Anne E. Lopez. The County of Hawai‘i termination is dated February 20 and the governor’s proclamation is dated February 23; the county documents do not state that the termination was coordinated with or prompted by the state proclamation.

County records presented online include the termination proclamation page metadata and social links and note it was created by Granicus. The county documents do not include casualty or injury counts, dollar damage estimates, or explicit statements that damage assessments or recovery operations have concluded. The governor’s proclamation does, however, preserve continuity for emergency contracts and personnel after a relief period, stating: "Following the termination of a disaster emergency relief period, any contracts, agreements, procurements, programs, or employment of personnel entered into, started, amended, or continued by reason of the provisions of the proclamation relating to this emergency shall continue in full force and effect to the extent allowed by law.