President Donald Trump said he plans to end FEMA by the end of the 2025 hurricane season. What is FEMA? How will it impact Kentucky residents? What we know.

This comes as NOAA forecasted that the last month of hurricane season would be above normal with as many as 10 hurricanes possible.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s long-term plans to dismantle the disaster relief agency and shift responsibility for response and recovery onto states.

FEMA paid more than $3.1 billion to Florida and its residents in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments in 2022 after Hurricane Ian, a monstrous Category 5 storm, rocked the Sunshine State. It remains the costliest hurricane in Florida history.