You may be able to get help with “temporary housing expenses, basic home repairs or other essential disaster-related needs that are not covered by insurance.”

There are a lot of rumors out there in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene – some of them through misunderstandings and some of them intentional.

The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official said Sunday that false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene — spread most prominently by Donald Trump — are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery assistance.

Misinformation has spread over the past week in communities hit by Helene, including that the government is withholding aid to people in Republican areas.