Hurricane Matthew lashes Haiti with heavy rains

October 04, 2016 20:39

Hurricane Matthew pounded western Haiti Tuesday morning, packing winds of 145 mph as it made landfall.

The "extremely dangerous" storm has already killed at least three people, caused cruise ships to change course and prompted officials to declare states of emergency.

And officials have warned that the death toll could climb.

"We've already seen deaths. People who were out at sea. There are people who are missing. They are people who didn't respect the alerts.

They've lost their lives," Interim Haitian President Jocelerme Privert said at a news conference.

The Category 4 hurricane made landfall near Les Anglais, Haiti, around 7 am ET, according to the National Hurricane Center. An hour later, it was churning north across inland Haiti at about 9 mph, the hurricane center said.

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