The Federal Emergency Management Agency has warned people in Florida to prepare for Hurricane Milton as the agency comes under scrutiny amid a funding shortage.

Milton is likely to strengthen into a major hurricane on Monday before making landfall in Florida’s Tampa Bay on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

It comes as the state is still reeling from Hurricane Helene, which hit Florida as a Category 4 storm on September 26 before barreling into several states in the Southeast, killing at least 200 people. Forecasts show that Milton is expected to remain a hurricane as it moves through central Florida toward the Atlantic Ocean, which would largely spare the other Helene-affected states.

FEMA on Saturday urged Florida residents to prepare for Milton’s arrival. “FEMA is prepared to respond and stands ready to support the state with any request for resources,” the agency said in a statement.

“Hundreds of FEMA employees are on the ground in Florida to support Helene’s recovery and work with the state to prepare people for the next storm.”

FEMA warned of an “increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts for the west coast of Florida and heavy rainfall that will hit the area well in advance of the storm” and encouraged people to take steps to stay safe.

The agency urged people to “take the forecast seriously” and make preparations to weather the storm, and to stay informed by following the forecast and instructions from state and local officials.

FEMA also urged Floridians to check on neighbors, especially older adults or those who may need extra help.

Milton’s expected arrival comes as the backlash over Helene has become a political flashpoint ahead of November’s presidential election, with former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies questioning President Joe Biden’s handling of the backlash and spreading false claims that FEMA cannot respond well enough because the The agency has diverted funding for disaster relief efforts to help migrants.

While FEMA administers the Shelter and Services Program, which awards money to migrant support groups, nonprofits, and state and local governments, the money for that comes from an entirely separate pot funded by Congress for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, not from FEMA’s disaster relief fund.

However, there are concerns about the long-term financing of FEMA’s disaster recovery efforts. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned Wednesday that FEMA is facing a serious funding crisis. He said that while the agency can meet immediate needs, it does not have sufficient funding to weather the hurricane season.

Just before Helene struck, Congress replenished the agency’s disaster relief fund, providing $20 billion as part of a relief bill to fund the government and its obligations through December 20. The bill also gave FEMA flexibility to raise money as needed, but left it to spend billions requested for additional disaster funding.

Biden called on congressional leaders in a letter Friday to approve more money for disaster recovery.

“While FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund currently has the resources it needs to meet immediate needs, the fund faces a shortfall at the end of the year,” he wrote. “Without additional funding, FEMA would be required to forego longer-term recovery activities in favor of meeting urgent needs. Congress should provide FEMA with additional resources to prevent these types of unnecessary tradeoffs from being forced and to give the communities we serve the security of knowing that relief will be ongoing, both in the short and long term.”

Biden also called on lawmakers to act quickly to restore funding to the Small Business Administration’s disaster loan program.

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have called on Congress to reconvene before November to approve emergency funding to help with Helene’s recovery.

Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said Sunday that he does not plan to reconvene Congress to vote on emergency funding before the election.

Lawmakers will be back in session “immediately after the election,” he told Fox News on Sunday. “The problem with these hurricanes and disasters of this magnitude is that it takes a while to calculate the actual damage, and the states are going to take some time to do that.”