Congress passed a stopgap spending bill on September 25 to keep government agencies funded into December and avoid a shutdown.

For the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the arrival of Hurricane Milton comes at a precarious moment. The agency tasked with coordinating federal disaster relief is not only already dealing with the massive damage left behind less than two weeks ago by Hurricane Helene in states like North Carolina,

Hurricane Milton was downgraded to a Category 4 storm on Tuesday as it grinded past Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula en route to Florida's Gulf Coast where over 1 million people were ordered to evacuate. Parts of Florida are still recovering from Hurricane Helene,