Trumps FY 2018 budget proposes cutting $767 million from FEMA state/national disaster relief funding, steep cuts to FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program which helps communities become better prepared before disaster strikes instead of focusing only on post-disaster recovery efforts, large budget cuts ($82 million) to the National Weather Service, slash $190 million from the Federal Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program, cut funding of the EPA by $2.1 billion (31%) and cut Superfund toxic site cleanup funding by 25%, slash $5 million (16%) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program that models hurricane forecasts, and cut $114 million in disaster assistance from the Department of Agriculture Department’s budget that goes to farmers to help them recover livestock, crops, and equipment after a natural disaster.
All of the above budget slash & burn funding cuts are intended to be redirected to hiring more border agents and to help fund Trumps border wall.
As we're now seeing with Hurricane's Harvey, Irma, perhaps Jose and others, Trumps budget methodology severely hampers US natural disaster preventive measures and recovery efforts.
