Federal officials announced that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen is traveling to Honolulu to be briefed on recovery efforts for former-Hurricane Lane and the Kilauea eruption.

Nielsen will meet with Gov. David Ige and Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long and answer questions from the media at 12:05 p.m. Thursday at the FEMA Honolulu Joint Field Office.

They will also meet with FEMA employees and thank them for their efforts in preparing for former-Hurricane Lane while simultaneously responding to the destruction caused by the Kilauea eruption.

The event will be streamed live on our Facebook page.