Hurricane Lowell Relief
WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
Updated September 20, 2026. We are still in active response and recovery on Kauaʻi's North Shore. This page is updated as needs change.
Hurricane Lowell- What Happened?
Hurricane Lowell passed just west of Kauaʻi late on Monday, September 7, as a Category 2 hurricane. Nearly 92 percent of the island lost power, as the storm brought down trees, power poles and lines.
The North Shore took a beating. Strong winds caused trees to come down across roads, roofs to fly off, and flash floods ran through neighborhoods. Homes in Hāʻena, Wainiha and Hanalei lost roofs. Others flooded. Some families lost nearly everything.
What the community its has done!
IN THE FIRST ELEVEN DAYS
Turned a generously borrowed vacation rental into a community hub.
Food and water
Around 800 meals a day. Cooking and delivering hundreds of meals daily to kūpuna and others who cannot get to us.
Filling and distributing water when we had none running, including making sure our kūpuna had water both to drink and for flushing and basic household needs. Coordinating ice drops for people without refrigeration.
Access and cleanup
Massive debris removal, first opening road access, then driveways and access to homes, and now helping families clear their yards and properties. Mucking out flooded homes.
Power, fuel and communication
Getting fuel where it's needed so generators, chainsaws and heavy machinery keep running. Matching generators to households without power. Establishing communication hubs and Starlink access so people can reach family and handle business.
Reaching people
Going door to door for kūpuna, families without internet, and anyone who might otherwise fall through the cracks. Building intake and assessment forms so we document actual needs instead of guessing.
Homes and health
Connecting people with prescription pickup and medical assistance. Coordinating temporary housing and matching available vacation rentals with families whose homes are unlivable.
I need help!
Call 911 for emergency's/ (808) 346-0188 to reach Megan Wong for immediate help.
No internet? No phone? Starlink at Wainiha Country Market. Tell a neighbor, or ask anyone in the community to reach us for you. We are still going door to door, and we would rather hear about a need twice than miss it once.
We're tracking requests for meals, water, debris and yard clearing, home cleanup, generators and fuel, temporary housing, prescriptions and medical help, and tarps and roof repair.
No one is too late to ask, and nothing is too small.
PLEASE FILL OUT THE HOUSEHOLD ASSESSMENT FORM:
**Even if you don't need help.**
This form is how we know what our community actually needs. When a generator, a load of supplies, funding or housing becomes available, we don't guess who gets it. We look at the real needs people have told us about, and we get it where it needs to go.
If you're doing okay, that matters too. Knowing which households are stable means we can focus our energy on the families who aren't, instead of spending days figuring out who's already been reached.
It takes a few minutes. It helps for months.
No internet? Fill out the form at Wainiha Country Market, or call (808) 346-0188 and we'll fill it out with you.
Donate!
Kauaʻi Resilience Team is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your donation is tax-deductible and may be eligible for matching through your employer.
Online:
By mail: Kauaʻi Resilience Team, 5-5226 Kuhio Highway #432, Hanalei, HI 96714
EIN: 86-3490105
Right now, every dollar raised goes directly to Hurricane Lowell relief on the North Shore. Meals, water, fuel, generators, debris removal, home cleanup and housing for families whose homes are unlivable.
Mahalo Nui!
To every person who cooked a meal, cleared a road, mucked a house, loaned a generator, donated gas, filled a water container, opened a home, checked on a kūpuna, delivered supplies, donated money, answered a phone, entered information into a spreadsheet, drove across the island, flew over from another island, or simply asked, "Where do you need me?"
Mahalo. This is what community taking care of community looks like.
With gratitude to Nā Wāhine Koʻi, Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, Pelika Andrade and the Nā Maka team, The Salvation Army, GEM?, and the many individuals and businesses who showed up without being asked.
And we are nowhere near done. ❤️
