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Flooding ^ Tsunami - Atlanta, Ga. , October 2, 2009 -- Luggage from approximately 30 FEMA Logistics (LOG) staff is ready for loading on the C-17 at Dobbins Air Force Base. FEMA is on the way to Samoa to set up logistical assistance in response to the recent devastating tsunami. George Armstrong/FEMA

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 5, 2009 -- A member of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) rushes supplies onto an awaiting Coast Guard plane that will evacuate an infant to Hawaii. DMATs are part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Disaster Medical System which supports hospitals and other medical and public health needs of communities during disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami disaster in American Samoa. FEMA/Casey Deshong

Pago Pago, American Samoa, March 14, 2011 -- Deputy Administrator Manning and PRiMO partners meet with Pago Pago leadership. From left to right: Dr. Jeffrey Payne, Chair of the Pacific Risk Management 'Ohana (PRiMO); Representative Henry Sesepasara; Pago Pago Council member Pulu Ae Ae, Jr. ; Senator Mauga T. Asuaga; Tim; Dr. Karl Kim, Executive Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaii; Jim Fernandez, NDPC Chair (Courtesy of Bill Thomas, NOAA)

Flooding ^ Tsunami - Tafuna, American Samoa, January 7, 2010 -- An EPA team returned to the island of Tutuila, AS, to remove hazardous materials collected in the aftermath of the September 29, 2009, tsunami and also to complete a Superfund project that pre-dated the disaster. The HAZMAT has been stored by the American Samoa Public Works Department. It will be safely disposed at sites in Hawaii and on the Mainland. From left, Chris Reiner, on-scene coordinator, San Francisco; Duane Newell, chemist, Las Vegas, and Christopher Weden, on-scene coordinator, San Francisco. Richard O'Reilly/FEMA.

Earthquake ^ Tsunami - Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 5, 2009 -- Captain Michael Bryce, U. S. Public Health Service, directs an emergency vehicle toward a Coast Guard plane. An infant was required to be evacuated from American Samoa to Hawaii due to the earthquake and tsunami. DMATs are part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Disaster Medical System which supports hospitals and other medical and public health needs of communities during disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami disaster in American Samoa. FEMA/Casey Deshong

[Earthquake] Kapaau, HI, October 25, 2006 - DOT crews examine a crack that split the pavement at Pololu Lookout after two earthquakes struck the Big Island of Hawaii. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA.

FEMA generators stand ready for transport back to FEMA warehouses in Hawaii, Guam, and California after months of use on the island of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These generators were used for emergency power at 96 key facilities throughout the Island immediately after Typhoon Soudelor struck the island in August.

As a result of the Kilauea Volcano eruption in June 2014, lava flows through forest area near Pahoa, Hawaii.

An electric utility ole is wrapped in thermal resistant material to protect it from 2014 Kilauea Volcano eruption and lava flow as it approaches the town of Pahoa, Hawaii.

Close u of lava burning a shed near Pahoa, Hawaii resulting from Kilauea Volcano eruption and lava flow of 2014.

Construction workers attempt to cut a massive downed tree that was damaged during tropical storm Iselle, on the Big Island of Hawaii in August 2014. Photo taken during the preliminary damage assessment. Photo by Brandon A.K. Gonzalez, County of Hawaii, Department of Public