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.

Kristy Kulberg called it “noise,” the circulation of false rumors about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene. “There’s so much misinformation going around,” said Kulberg in a Sunday afternoon conversation which marked her seventh day working.