FEMA

The panel has been tasked with reforming and streamlining the nation's disaster response and recovery as the president shifts more responsibility from FEMA to the states.

A FEMA program that provides the most hurricane aid to Florida – nearly $300 million – has been slashed by the Trump administration. The hurricane season begins June 1.

Emergency housing for 426 Lakeland families displaced by Hurricane Milton will end on April 9.

Insurance companies are refusing to pay out for storm-damaged homes and even canceling policies.

Two Floridians who used to lead the agency support the president's review council, but they caution that federal emergency management is needed. Few states have more at risk than Florida.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is borrowing $2 billion to pay National Flood Insurance Program claims. The agency said the two hurricanes as of Feb. 6 had led to more than 78,000 claims, with estimated losses possibly topping $10 billion.

President Donald Trump, unhappy with the lag in getting money to people affected by disasters, has issued an executive order to create a FEMA review task force.

President Trump took first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.

The latest numbers have more than 1,100 businesses in Pinellas County that were impacted by both Helene and Milton, with $136 million in damages.

Fort Myers Beach loses flood insurance discounts after a problematic rebuild from Hurricane Ian.

Homeowners and renters may be able to get federal assistance for displacement, home repairs, property losses and other uninsured or underinsured expenses.

Castor also emphasized the need to modernize wastewater systems and the power grid in the wake of recent storms.