Save Kilo ʻino to Home Screen
Add to your home screen for one-tap access
Save Kilo ʻino to Home Screen
Add to your home screen for one-tap access
Kilo ʻino — “watcher of the storm” in Hawaiian. A free, live Pacific storm tracker with a focus on Kauai, built in Hanalei.
Questions, corrections, or ideas: hello@kiloino.org
Born in Waimānalo, Oʻahu. Went to Kailua High School. Masters of Public Health from Columbia University. I live in Del Mar, CA now — but Hawaiʻi is home.
I built Kilo ʻino "watcher of the storm" while in Hanalei, watching storms roll across the Pacific.
Built with aloha. Built for the public. Built for my home.
Made with aloha in Hanalei. No ads. No tracking. Public data. Public good.
Scan this code with a phone camera to open kiloino.org
Great for fliers, texts, or handing your phone to a friend.
North-facing coast, low-lying river-mouth village on the Hanalei Bay flood plain.
Kīlauea Elementary School and Kīlauea Neighborhood Center are the closest official refuges on Kauaʻi's north side; larger central shelters (Kaua'i High School, Kaua'i War Memorial Convention Hall) require driving to Līhuʻe.
Source: Kauaʻi Emergency Management Agency official shelter list. Not every listed shelter opens for every event — check kauai.gov during activations.
Kūhiō Highway (Route 560/56) east is the only road out. During major weather events the one-lane bridges at Hanalei, Waipā, Waikoko and Lumaha'i can close; plan to leave well before conditions deteriorate.
For Hanalei, the dominant hurricane hazard is rainfall and river flooding — not wind or storm surge. The April 2018 north-shore flood dropped 49.7 inches of rain at Waipā in 24 hours (a US 24-hour rainfall record for a non-tropical event), swelling the Hanalei River, closing bridges, and cutting off the town for weeks. Hurricane Iniki (Sept 11, 1992) put the north shore on the storm's weaker left side, but rain and river flooding still caused significant damage in the valley.
Hanalei sits at sea level in the flood plain of the Hanalei River, with the entire Hanalei Bay watershed draining through the valley. Even a distant hurricane like Lowell, whose center passes well south, can dump inches of rain on the north shore and close the one-lane bridges at Hanalei, Waipā, Waikoko and Lumahaʻi. Watch the rainfall forecast and totals in the panel below more closely than the wind number — a Cat 4 that stays 180 miles out can still flood the valley.
This information is provided for public awareness and is not a substitute for official emergency guidance. Always follow directives from Kauaʻi Emergency Management, the National Weather Service, and Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency during an active storm.
Storm conditions vary across the island. View the tracker for a nearby town:
