President Donald Trump’s acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told staff that he was unaware that the U.S. has a hurricane season, but officials claimed he was only joking.

The head of the FEMA said he didn’t know about hurricane season, raising major concerns about the agency. DHS issued a statement saying that the comment was a joke.

It’s a good time to check the forecast and stuff a crate with flashlights, batteries and snack foods with a long shelf life.

Atlantic Hurricane Season began Sunday. Most of the Atlantic basin is quiet for now with thick Saharan dust moving across the Atlantic Ocean. That helps to limit tropical activity with drier air in place.

It's the second day of the 2025 hurricane season and forecasters are already tracking a disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean that has a low chance for development, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.