Tag: Hurricane Matthew
South Carolina remains flooded after Hurricane Matthew
REUTERS — The water surged up to the level of house windows in Socastee, South Carolina on Monday (October 17) as the Waccamaw river crested at nearly 17.9 feet (5.45 meters) breaking a flood record set in 1928, NBC said. As Hurricane Matthew hit the area causing severe flooding in North Carolina the Waccamaw river is now bringing more flood waters into a flooded South Carolina, according to NBC. North Carolina emergency officials have estimated […]
Storm-hit Haiti gets first major food aid
PORT-SALUT, Haiti (AFP) – by Marc BURLEIGH The first major handout of food aid took place along Haiti’s storm-wrecked southwest coast on Wednesday — but supplies were still far short of what was needed by the thousands of starving people. Two trucks loaded with rice from the UN’s World Food Programme stocks and two others from private charities went by convoy to two hard-hit towns on Haiti’s Tiburon Peninsula: Port Salut and Roche a Bateau. “It […]
NFL’s Washington team visit hurricane-ravaged Haiti
POT AU PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) — Players from NFL’s Washington Redskins were in Haiti on Monday (October 10) to help in aid relief for the impoverished country after it was hit by Hurricane Matthew, killing some 1,000 people. Members of the American football team sent a plane of medical supplies to the Haitian capital to be delivered by wide receiver Pierre Garcon and defensive end Ricky Jean Francois. “We are here basically to help provide […]
At least 1.4 million need aid in Haiti after Matthew: UN
by Amelie BARON / with Marc Burleigh in Jeremie PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti faces a humanitarian crisis that requires a “massive response” from the international community, the United Nations chief said Monday, with at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid following last week’s battering by Hurricane Matthew. The storm left at least 372 dead in the impoverished Caribbean nation, with the toll likely to rise sharply as rescue workers reach previously inaccessible areas. […]
After hurricane, Haiti confronts cholera outbreak
by Marc BURLEIGH PORT-SALUT, Haiti (AFP) — A week after being devastated by a hurricane, Haiti faces a growing cholera outbreak that threatens to turn its disaster even more deadly. In Port Salut, a smashed-up town on Haiti’s southern peninsula that was among those that bore the brunt of Hurricane Matthew — the Caribbean’s most powerful storm in a nearly decade — fears are rising. The town’s sole hospital on Sunday recorded its first death […]
Monster hurricane pummels Florida coast with wind and rain
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – by Kerry Sheridan with Leila Macor in Jacksonville Hurricane Matthew unleashed torrential rains and up to 120 mile-an-hour winds as it hugged the Florida coast Friday, after a blast through the Caribbean that reportedly left more than 300 dead in Haiti. Matthew was downgraded to a Category Three storm early Friday by the National Hurricane Center, as its wind speed dropped slightly. But Florida still faced its most dangerous hurricane […]
US coast evacuated as historic hurricane bears down
https://youtu.be/LR1eByFrTJk by Kerry Sheridan / with Leila Macor in Jacksonville MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida faced the most dangerous storm in living memory as Hurricane Matthew moved in from the Atlantic on Friday, threatening coastal cities with surging tides, torrential rain and 130 mile-an-hour winds. After cutting a deadly swath across the Caribbean and leaving more than 300 dead in Haiti — according to a senator from the hard-hit south of the country […]
More than 300 dead in southern Haiti from hurricane: senator
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Hurricane Matthew killed more than 300 people as it smashed through southern Haiti, a senator from the region said Thursday. Senator Herve Fourcand said that figure is still preliminary, as some areas hit by the powerful storm are still inaccessible. Haiti’s southern peninsula was the hardest hit by the storm. Fourcand disputed the official toll given by the government so far, which was 122. Earlier, Radio Television Caraibes put […]
Hurricane Matthew aftermath in Nassau Bahamas
The weather channel, National Hurricane Center upgraded Hurricane Matthew to a Category 4 storm, .
Hurricane toll in Haiti soars to 264: local media
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew has risen to at least 264, local media Radio Television Caraibes reported on Thursday. The devastation in the poorest country in the Americas is concentrated in the southwest, which remains cut off two days after the Category Four storm hit. The previous official death toll stood at 108. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Florida shelters quickly reach capacity, turning some away
by Leila MACOR JACKSONVILLE,United States (AFP) — Shelters along the eastern coast of Florida were jammed Thursday amid a frantic race to protect people and pets from the “potentially catastrophic” effects of Hurricane Matthew as the deadly storm barrels in from the Caribbean. The largest shelter in the quaint beach city of St. Augustine — founded in the 16th century by Spanish explorers — had reached its capacity of 500 people, and authorities were refusing […]
