{"id":119251,"date":"2020-05-22T15:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T01:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=119251"},"modified":"2023-05-25T11:59:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:59:26","slug":"hurricane-forecast-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/22\/hurricane-forecast-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane forecast appears low; prepare now"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_84428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84428\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hurrican-olivia-sept11.jpg\" alt=\"Hurricane Olivia. Image: N O A A\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hurrican-olivia-sept11.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hurrican-olivia-sept11-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hurricane Olivia (2018 Image: <abbr title=\"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\">NOAA<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"National Weather Service\">NWS<\/abbr> National Hurricane Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2023\/05\/25\/noaa-release-outlook-2023-hurricane-season-central-pacific\/\">HNN: 2023 hurricane forecast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/media-release\/near-or-below-normal-2020-hurricane-season-predicted-for-central-pacific\">National Weather Service<\/a> Honolulu Forecast Office predicted a quieter 2020 hurricane season with two to six tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters predict this season will have a 75 percent chance of being a lower than normal season. The cyclones include tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane season in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> occurs roughly between June 1 and November 30. Now is the time to prepare yourself and your loved ones for the possibility of storms affecting the islands.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about what you can do to prepare for a hurricane, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa Department of Public Safety (<abbr>DPS<\/abbr>) is offering <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/dps\/training.html\">virtual hurricane preparedness workshops<\/a> via Zoom in June and July. Hosted by <abbr>DPS<\/abbr> Emergency Management Coordinator <strong>Jimmy Lagunero<\/strong>, the session covers: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Watch and Warning systems<\/li>\n<li>Tips for preparing an emergency kit<\/li>\n<li>What to do when a hurricane is coming<\/li>\n<li>How to find a local hurricane shelter or shelter-in-place<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 considerations and how they may affect hurricane preparation<\/li>\n<li>Resources and information about local and government agencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This training is open to <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> employees and students from all 10 campuses. Space is limited, so those who are interested should sign up soon. Find more information about training workshops offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/dps\/training.html\"><abbr>DPS<\/abbr> on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>More resources<\/h2>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Emergency Management Agency has pages with great tips and resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/get-ready\/prepare-your-family\/\">Prepare your family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/get-ready\/prepare-your-home\/\">Prepare your home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All members of the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> community are urged to sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/alert\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Alert<\/a> to receive emergency text alerts. If you have already signed up, log in to ensure that your contact information is up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the Pacific Disaster Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/disasteralert.pdc.org\/disasteralert\/\">Disaster Alert<\/a> desktop version and app (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/disaster-alert-pacific-disaster\/id381289235?mt=8\"><abbr>iOS<\/abbr> version<\/a>) with updated information. Notifications affecting <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campuses will be posted on the emergency information webpage, as well as on social media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> emergency information website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofhawaii\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/糖心Vlog官方awaiiNews\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> provides training workshops for the hurricane season to employees and students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1196,1409,577,955,947],"class_list":["post-119251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-department-of-public-safety","tag-disaster-emergency","tag-hurricane","tag-pacific-disaster-center","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119251"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178244,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119251\/revisions\/178244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}