Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump administration sends shifting signals over the future of the federal government’s role in natural disaster response.

Despite talk of eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in its current form, the administration says it remains “laser focused on disaster response and protecting the American people.”

But red and blue states alike say they aren't sure what the future of FEMA looks like.

In June, at a hurricane preparedness news conference, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) was asked whether the state could take on more responsibilities amid the administration’s push for states to take a bigger role.

“I don't know what added responsibilities that would be,” he responded.

A handful of states have set up task forces or commissions to prepare for changes being discussed in Washington.

A bipartisan coalition of Georgia state lawmakers led by state Rep. Clint Crowe (R) created a study committee on disaster mitigation.

Kentucky’s state Legislature passed a law creating a task force to prepare for potential changes in FEMA funding. Republican state Sen. Matthew Deneen, who co-sponsored the Kentucky bill, said the panel would make sure the state is prepared for whatever comes.

“Well, I think that any time that we're going to have change coming out of Washington, D.C., on the federal level, you know, we don't know exactly what those numbers are going to be, and so it's very important for us to be agile, to be responsive and to be prepared,” he told The Hill.

Trump administration officials and some Republicans on Capitol Hill argue the agency is inefficient and should take a more supportive role, with states

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