Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.

“Improving hurricane forecasts can have huge economic impacts for the nation. Recent research shows that since 2007, improvements to forecasts have saved the US an average of $5bn (about £3.6bn) per hurricane,” according to a statement on the agency’s website.