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Kilo ʻino — "watcher of the storm" in Hawaiian. A free, live Pacific storm tracker with a focus on Kauai, built in Hanalei.
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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.
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South-facing coast at the mouth of the Waimea River; low elevation with exposure to both surge and river flooding from the vast Waimea Canyon watershed.
Waimea Canyon Middle School and Waimea High School are both designated refuges — Waimea itself is the west-shore shelter hub.
Source: Kauaʻi Emergency Management Agency official shelter list. Not every listed shelter opens for every event — check kauai.gov during activations.
Kaumualiʻi Highway (Route 50) east to Hanapēpē, Kalāheo and Līhuʻe, or west to Kekaha. Waimea Canyon Drive (Route 550) provides higher-ground options toward Kōkeʻe.
Hurricane Iniki made landfall on Kauaʻi's southern coast near Waimea on Sept 11, 1992, driving a storm surge of 4-6 meters (13-20 ft) along the southern coastline. Waimea's town center, businesses, and homes sustained catastrophic damage. This town has more direct experience with a major hurricane landfall than anywhere else on Kauaʻi.
Any hurricane approaching Kauaʻi from the south will produce Waimea-first impacts. The Waimea River drains one of the largest watersheds in Hawaiʻi; heavy tropical rain in Kōkeʻe can cause severe downstream flooding hours after the rain has stopped. Waimea residents should treat every south-track hurricane warning as a landfall-level event.
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:
