HI SCR69

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is requested to develop an evacuation plan for areas within lava zones 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, including South Kona and Ka'u.

Evacuation plan must be submitted to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022.

Plan addresses volcanic hazards from both Mauna Loa (which has erupted 33 times since 1843, averaging one eruption every five years) and Kīlauea, which currently has an active lava lake in Halema'uma'u crater.

Mauna Loa's most recent eruption occurred March 24 to April 15, 1984; a southwest rift zone eruption would threaten South Kona and Ka'u with fast-moving lava flows due to steep slopes and proximity to developed areas.

Certified copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to the Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and the Mayor of the County of Hawaii.