NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Witnesses reported seeing a group of armed people harassing hurricane relief workers in a remote Tennessee community.
Reports of threats to aid workers have sparked a temporary shift in how FEMA is operating in western North Carolina.
In Tennessee, Carter County Sheriff Mike Farley said witnesses reported that FEMA workers were being harassed by a small group of armed people in the remote community of Elk Mills, not far from the North Carolina border.
No arrests were made, but Farley said that the people who showed up were looking to cause trouble.
Over the weekend, reports emerged that FEMA workers aiding the Helene efforts could be targeted by a militia, but authorities later said they believed that a man who was arrested and accused of making threats acted alone.
Helene’s arrival three weeks ago in the Southeast decimated remote towns throughout Appalachia.
