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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – City officials unveiled an easier way to help keep Oahu residents and their families safe this hurricane season, which is expected to be busier than normal.<\/p>\n

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During a press conference Tuesday, the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) launched the Oahu Hazard Explorer, a website that allows residents to determine their disaster risk. <\/p>\n

Residents can input their address in a search bar, or drop a pin on a map on the homepage to find details on how they should prepare based on where they live. <\/p>\n

Before the site, if you wanted to know whether you were in a tsunami evacuation zone, flood zone, dam evacuation zone, or if the area you live in was at risk of wildfires, you had to go to a separate site for each. <\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of times when they visited those sites to determine hazard risk, the results weren\u2019t completed or shown very clearly. There was not plain language to help people understand their risk,\u201d Department of Emergency Management deputy director Jennifer Walter said. <\/p>\n

In addition to combining the information on one site, the Department also simplified its wording. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat we\u2019ve done is we\u2019ve gone through and we\u2019ve included information on what it means and what you should potentially do in those scenarios in really simple language,\u201d department public information and education officer Molly Pierce said.<\/p>\n

DEM also factored in lessons learned from last year\u2019s tsunami, when it said many did not know what to do whether they were in or out of an evacuation zone. <\/p>\n

The website \u201cspecifies in which cases you would evacuate. For red, that\u2019s all tsunami warnings,\u201d Pierce added. <\/p>\n

The new tool comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted this hurricane season could be busier than normal. An average year brings four to five tropical cyclones to the Central Pacific, but outlooks this season suggest the basin could see as many as 13. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the key actions that we stress in disaster preparedness is knowing what hazards can affect you and your family, so you include that in your family disaster plan,\u201d Walter urged. <\/p>\n

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Click here to access the Oahu Hazard Explorer. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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