Federal Emergency Management Agency employees argue that sweeping funding cuts made by the Trump administration are affecting the agency's programs and missions as weather experts warn the next few months could see elevated hurricane activity.

Agency workers expressed their concerns in a letter to Congress on Monday ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29. The natural disaster which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast resulted in Congress passing legislation that included the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act.

But FEMA contends in their letter , signed by more than 100 current and former workers, that efforts made by the Trump administration to shrink the agency and limit its resources may lead to another disaster similar to Hurricane Ka

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