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Tsunami 2011: Disaster assistance center (March 29-30)

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The State Civil Defense is coordinating with state and county agencies to open a Disaster Assistance and Recovery Center at the Old Kona Airport Event Pavilion.

The center will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 and Wednesday, March 30.

“I want to thank State Civil Defense for moving quickly to establish this center to assist people who suffered damage in the tsunami,” Mayor Billy Kenoi said. “This cooperative government and private-sector effort will efficiently deliver the information and assistance that our residents need for the most rapid recovery possible.”

The county will provide representatives from the Office of the Mayor in Kona, the Department of Environmental Management and the Department of Public Works.

A variety of state agencies have also been asked to attend, along with private organizations such as American Red Cross and Catholic Charities Hawaii.

State Civil Defense officials are contacting all of the people who called Aloha United Way’s 211 hotline for assistance in connection with the tsunami to invite them to visit the Disaster Assistance Recovery Center for additional information and assistance.

Kenoi and Gov. Neil Abercrombie have issued emergency proclamations in connection with the tsunami, and Abercrombie has requested President Obama issue a presidential disaster declaration.

The last state-county Disaster Assistance Recovery Center established in Kailua-Kona was set up about two weeks after the Kiholo earthquake in 2006.

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