Wind blows coconut trees during the passage of Hurricane Matthew in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Hurricane Matthew roared into the southwestern coast of Haiti on Tuesday, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Port-au-Prince HTI
Residents head to higher ground, away from their flooded home in Leogane, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Leogane HTI
Residents carry a coffin containing the remains of a pregnant woman, a victim of Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti. Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. People across southwest Haiti were digging through the wreckage of their homes Friday, salvaging what they could of their meager possessions after Matthew killed hundreds of people in the impoverished country. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Jeremie HTI
A girl helps her mother to remove mud from her house after Hurricane Matthew flooded their home in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Two days after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Les Cayes HTI
A boy stands on top of the hillside of town of Jeremie, Haiti that was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew on Saturday Oct. 8, 2016. Aid has begun pouring into the hard-hit town, where thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed and many people were running low on food and facing an increased risk for cholera. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Jeremie HTI
A girl washes mud from her feet after Hurricane Matthew passed in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Two days after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Les Cayes HTI
Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Authorities and aid workers fear the storm is the country's biggest disaster in years (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Les Cayes HTI
Andrenne Joseph dries her clothes near her destroyed house caused by Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti. Saturday Oct. 8, 2016. Aid has begun pouring into the hard-hit town, where thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed and many people were running low on food and facing an increased risk for cholera. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Jeremie HTI
In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 photo, women from the Laguerre family cry as the coffin carrying Roberto Laguerre is taken out of the morgue, to bury him at the cemetery in Jeremie, Haiti. Roberto, 32, died when the wall of a church next door to his home fell during Hurricane Matthew. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Jeremie HTI
A victim of cholera receives treatment at the state hospital after Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Aid has begun pouring into the hard-hit town, where thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed and many people were running low on food and facing an increased risk for cholera. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Jeremie HTI
United States soldiers unload food with Haitian police officers from a US helicopter in Jeremie, Haiti. Sunday Oct. 9, 2016. Aid has begun pouring into the hard-hit town, where thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed and many people were running low on food and facing an increased risk for cholera. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Jeremie HTI
Residents line up for food after Hurricane Matthew in Anse D'Hainault, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Anse D'Hainault HTI
In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Gelene Jeudy gets water from a well that was contaminated by seawater and trash during Hurricane Matthew in Aux Coteaux, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. The well water and rivers throughout the region also carry cholera bacteria, which epidemiologists suspect has sickened thousands of people since the storm. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Les Cayes HTI
Boys make a game of an abandoned suitcase found among debris caused by Hurricane Matthew, in Anse D'Hainault, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. People throughout Haiti's devastated southwest peninsula were forming makeshift brigades and helping each other regain some semblance of their pre-hurricane lives as they grew increasingly angry about the delay in aid for remote communities more than a week after the Category 4 storm hit. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Anse D'Hainault HTI
Victims of cholera receive treatment at a cholera center in Anse D'Hainault, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The U.N. said Hurricane Matthew has increased the risk of a "renewed spike" in the number of cholera cases. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Anse D'Hainault HTI
A woman pauses as she sweeps the ground where her home once stood after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The U.N. envoy for Haiti says the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing "a humanitarian tragedy and an acute emergency situation" with 1.4 million people needing immediate help. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Jeremie HTI
In this Oct. 17, 2016 photo, youth play soccer outside a public school damaged by Hurricane Matthew in the village of Mersan, located in Camp-Perrin, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Only a few schools opened despite the fact that Haiti's central government said classes would begin resuming across the storm-devastated southwest region on Tuesday. Local officials said it will be a long time before that happens. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Camp-Perrin HTI
In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Makenley Alcide bathes with fresh well water in Les Cayes, Haiti. Public services in general were shabby before Hurricane Matthew. Portions of some coastal towns in the southwest have gained piped water networks in recent years, though there is no sewage treatment in the area. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Les Cayes HTI
In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, Bertha Mesilier leans against a wall in the room she shared with her now missing husband Edma Desravine, who was last seen seeking refuge from the heavy rainfall and winds brought by Hurricane Matthew, in Port-a-Piment, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Family and neighbors near the town of Port-a-Piment have dug by hand through wreckage and scoured the riverbanks, but to no avail. (Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Port-a-Piment HTI
Protesters carry the dead body of a young teenager on a wheelbarrow after being shot by national police while a boat downloads food in the port in Les Cayes, Haiti. Tuesday Nov. 1, 2016. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Les Cayes HTI
In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, 5-year-old Melifor Jean Pierre looks at the camera in Aux Coteaux, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Melifor's wound came from crossing a river when he ran with his father and brother after their home was destroyed by the rising waters of Hurricane Matthew. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) Les Cayes HTI
Hurricane Matthew, a Category 5 hurricane, struck southwestern Haiti on October 4, 2016, leaving widespread damage in the impoverished nation.
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Hurricane Matthew Category 5 struck southwestern Haiti on October 4, 2016