Fears of cholera upsurge in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
7 Oct 2016 10:38 AM IST7 Oct 2016 10:38 AM IST
Roads in Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina were jammed and gas stations, food stores ran out of supplies.
The aid group Doctors Without Borders scrambled teams by helicopter to southern Haiti to respond to Cholera cases.- Josephine and Kira Emberton walk through debris along wash-out highway A1A after Hurricane Matthew passed by the area.
- An official vehicle navigates debris as it passes along Highway A1A after it was partial washed away by Hurricane Matthew.
- A car stands on its side after being blown away by winds brought by Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti.
- A car stands on its side after being blown away by winds brought by Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti.
- Greg Height Greg Height peddles his bike down a street after checking on a friend riding out the storm in her home in Brunswick.
- Hundreds of flights were canceled in and out of the Florida cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.
- Firefighters help an elderly woman recover her clothes from his house destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, in Baracoa, Cuba.
- People dry their clothes on the waterfront after the passing of Hurricane Matthew, in Baracoa, Cuba.
- The body of a man who perished during Hurricane Matthew lies on a piece of wood as survivors prepare to place his body in a coffin, in Cavaillon, Haiti.
- Homes lay in ruins after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti.
- Palm trees sway in high gusts of wind, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Vero Beach, Fla. Hurricane Matthew continues to make a path for Florida's east coast from the Bahamas.
- As Matthew blew through the northwestern Bahamas on Thursday en route to Florida's Atlantic coast, it became an \"extremely dangerous\" hurricane carrying winds of 140 miles per hour (220 kph)
- Saint Anne church lays totally destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Camp Perrin, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti.
- Teacher Simeus cleans his office destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti.
- A girl helps her mother to remove mud from her house after Hurricane Matthew flooded their home in Les Cayes, Haiti.
- Residents charge their mobile phones for a small fee from a man with a portable generator, after all the power lines were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti.
Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, strengthened as it barreled towards the southeastern United States after killing at least 339 people, mostly in Haiti, on its deadly northward march.
Roads in Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina were jammed and gas stations, food stores ran out of supplies.
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