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The name change was directed by voters who chose to change the agency’s title via charter amendment during the Nov. 8 General Election for the State of Hawaiʻi.

County officials are urging Maui County residents to prepare now for possible storm impacts from Ana. The Mayor advises the public should prepare in advance by getting your seven day supply of food, fueling your vehicles, securing your homes and making sure you have an evacuation plan ready.

Mayor Arakawa asked that residents stay indoors this evening. “Civil Defense has recommended that no one, except for emergency personnel be out on the roads past 9 p.m.,” he said during the press conference. “This is very important, as we are expecting damaging tropical storm force winds of up to 60 mph, as well as potential life-threatening flash floods and rock and mudslides.”

Maui Emergency Management Officer Anna Foust will be the special guest on the latest edition of Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa’s TV Show, “Your County with Mayor Arakawa.”

Officials with the Maui Civil Defense agency say the incident occurred at around 2 a.m. at a single siren located off of Waiehu Beach Road.

County authorities will be among those presenting information at an upcoming Disaster Preparedness meeting for West Maui residents.

Anna Foust returns to the Maui Civil Defense Agency, this time as the head of the Department. Foust was selected as the Emergency Management Officer