A meeting by a council appointed by President Donald Trump that was meant to announce recommended reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency was abruptly canceled Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter and a separate White House official, prolonging months of anticipation over how the administration will overhaul the federal response to climate disasters.

The FEMA Review Council, which has been meeting for months to evaluate possible agency reforms and was set to make its final report public at the meeting, was scheduled to gather Thursday afternoon. Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem, the council's co-chair, left a congressional hearing early because she said she needed to attend it.

The meeting was canceled because White House officials had not been fully briefed

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