Hurricane Matthew leaves at least 108 dead in Haiti

October 06, 2016 22:33

Hurricane Matthew has claimed at least 108 lives in Haiti, Interior Minister Francois Anick Joseph said today, two days after the monster storm ripped through the poorest country in the Americas.

The hurricane left 50 dead in the single town of Roche-a-Bateau, on Haiti's south coast, which local deputy Ostin Pierre-Louis said was "devastated".

The provisional death toll from the storm previously stood at 23 in Haiti.

Matthew's destructive winds and torrential rainfall flooded the southern part of the country, leaving behind devastating conditions for hundreds of thousands of residents, and medical officials concerned about an outbreak of Cholera.

Officials and observers say that some towns are almost completely destroyed and others have been cut off from communication, leaving loved ones to fear for the worst.

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