Haiti death toll from Hurricane Matthew passes 1 000 : chronicle

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Haiti death toll from Hurricane Matthew passes 1 000

Haiti death toll from Hurricane Matthew passes 1 000

The number of people killed in Haiti by Hurricane Matthew has hit 1 000 as the country battles new deaths from a cholera outbreak and buries bodies in mass graves.The powerful hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, slammed into Haiti on Tuesday, whipping it with 230 kilometre an hour winds and torrential rains.The country is struggling to cope with a rise in cholera cases with officials warning that contaminated water and a lack of hygiene are posing serious risks to thousands of people in the impoverished country.While the capital and biggest city, Port-au-Prince, was largely spared, the south suffered devastation.


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Hurricane Matthew toll in Haiti rises to 1,000, dead buried in mass graves

Hurricane Matthew toll in Haiti rises to 1,000, dead buried in mass graves

Hurricane Matthew toll in Haiti rises to 1,000, dead buried in mass gravesThe powerful hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, slammed into Haiti on Tuesday.Hurricanes,Haiti,Hurricane Matthew,US National Hurricane Centre,Haitian coast,Haitian police,HaitiGovernment,Haitian governmentWorld


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Haiti Doctors Warn of Cholera Crisis After Hurricane Matthew

Haiti Doctors Warn of Cholera Crisis After Hurricane Matthew

Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed U.S. Military Delivers Aid to Haiti Hurricane Victims 0:30 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogHaiti is facing a surge in cholera cases in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, doctors warned as the death toll on the devastated island climbed past 1,000.U.S. Marines delivered badly-needed food aid Sunday, after Haiti's government said more than 1.5 million people had been affected by the storm and 350,000 of those were in need of immediate assistance.Ninety percent of crops have been destroyed in worst-hit areas of the country according to U.N. World Food Program officer for Haiti, Lorene Didier.Throughout Haiti's southwestern peninsula, people were digging themselves out from the wreckage of the storm, which also brought flooding and at least 21 deaths to the United States.


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Haiti Destroyed by Hurricane Matthew

Haiti Destroyed by Hurricane Matthew

International relief efforts continue in Haiti in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in the impoverished Caribbean nation.FOX's Eben Brown reports from Miami:More than a thousand Hatians lost their lives due to Hurricane Matthew, when it pounded the already crippled island nation with the full force of its winds:(Woman) "I heard a sound, boom, I heard a boom and then the roof came off of my house and it was gone.The wind took the roof and it was gone."She lives in the town of Jeremie.Drew Garrison is a missionary stationed there:(Garrison) "Anything that was not concrete was flattened, the palm trees were bent over in half or completely ripped of their leaves.


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Dozens of Cholera Cases Reported in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew

Dozens of Cholera Cases Reported in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew

iStock/Thinkstock(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- As the remnants of Hurricane Matthew dissipate, Haitian government officials and aid groups are gearing up for a possible health crisis.On Monday, the Haitian Ministry of Interior said that 1.4 million people are said to be "urgent need" of help and dozens of cholera cases have been reported, spurring fears of a massive outbreak.Garrett Ingoglia, a vice president of emergency response for the aid group Americares, said he has seen areas where 90 percent of the infrastructure has been destroyed."Crops are destroyed; there is no food, not a lot of clean water," Ingoglia told ABC News.