Man arrested outside relief site after threats against workers forces FEMA to cancel appointments, pause operations for days [Video]

Threats made against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers in western North Carolina have hindered the agency’s ability to assist those impacted by Helene.

Governor Roy Cooper will be addressing the threats against FEMA workers at a news conference Tuesday morning. You can watch it live on WRAL.com at 10:30 a.m.

“For the safety of our dedicated staff and the disaster survivors we are helping, FEMA has made some operational adjustments,” the agency said Monday morning.

Door-to-door visits were halted. Press releases from the Buncombe County government said FEMA workers switched from “going out into the community to help survivors” to working from “fixed locations.”

This was all because of a 911 call that was made Saturday in Rutherford County about an armed man threatening FEMA workers in the Lake Lure and Chimney Rock areas and “truck loads full of militia going to Lake Lure.”

According to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, the 911 …