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.

The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.

Washinngton DC: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on January 26, shortly after stating he was thinking about 'eliminating' the key organization that responds to disasters, even labeling it a 'major disappointment.’

The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency's continued existence was vital to the country's disaster response efforts, after President Donald Trump said he wanted to overhaul or scrap it.

President Trump toured North Carolina and Southern California Friday, two areas recently affected by disaster. He also said he's considering getting rid of FEMA. WGN's Shannon Halligan explains.

Ahead of a tour of two states struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump criticized the disaster response agency as “very bureaucratic” and “very slow.”

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a council to evaluate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), stopping short of immediate action to shut down or overhaul the disaster