Explainer-What is FEMA, US emergency agency under fire from Trump?

FILE PHOTO: A search dog and handler from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Urban Search and Rescue team combs a burned property after the South Fork and Salt wildfires struck the area around Ruidoso, New Mexico, U.S. June 25, 2024. Southwest Area Incident Management Team 5/Handout via REUTERS/File photo

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, just days after he floated shuttering the agency whose resources are strained following multiple weather-related disasters and which is burdened by past failures in handling massive storms.

Last Friday, the Republican president floated the idea of shuttering FEMA during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, hit by a hurricane and massive wildfires.