Oct. 4, 2016 – Update No. 2 – View of devastating hurricane Matthew from the International Space Station. NASA
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Hurricane Matthew’s trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those emerging from the aftermath on Friday…
There is nothing left to live on’: Haiti’s hurricane survivors cope with loss, despair, The Washington Post (10-07-2016)
U.N. officials have called the hurricane the country’s worst humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. Haitians all along the southern coast are now reckoning with the extraordinary toll of that night, destruction on a scale none there had ever seen…
Hurricane Matthew: Haiti south ‘90% destroyed’; BBC News (10-08-2016)
How To Help Haiti Recover From Hurricane Matthew
The hurricane, which made landfall in Haiti on Tuesday, damaged up to 80 percent of homes in the south of the country, according to UNICEF. The new wave of destruction comes as thousands in the country remain homeless from the massive 2010 earthquake.
“This is the worst storm Haiti has seen in decades,” UNICEF’s Marc Vincent said in a release. “Our first priority is to make sure children have enough safe water.”
