The death toll continues to rise. As as rescuers arrive in areas that until now were inaccessible.
The death toll in Haiti, as a result of Hurricane Matthew, has gone up to to more than 800. The death toll continues to rise. As as rescuers arrive in areas that until now were inaccessible.
Rescue efforts are under way to assess the destruction left in the wake of the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade.
The UN has said it could take days to assess the full impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti as rescue teams gain access to southern areas cut off by the storm. The World Food Programme official Carlos Veloso said some of the hard hit towns can only be reached by air or sea.
Many of the deaths in Haiti were in the south-western coast, which suffered the full force of the hurricane this week.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Matthew is currently battering the coastline of the US state of Florida but has been downgraded to a Category Two storm, with sustained wind speed dropping to 177 kilometer per hour.
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Thursday at the National Palace, President Jocelerme Privert, the Prime Minister, Jean-Charles Enex and government ministers including François Anick Joseph (Indoor), Ms. Daphne Benoit D. Delsoin (Health) and Mrs. Alta Jean-Baptiste gave a lecture press to take stock of actions already taken since the passage of the Matthew hurricane.
Several international organizations and agencies and friendly countries of Haiti, have already pledged their support. Since Wednesday, the interventions began: the telephone communication system is about to be fully restored; helicopters conducted landing zones identification operations for the delivery of aid. The Ministry of Public Works, has already found an alternative to the bridge over the river LaDigue and access by land to the Southern Department is restored; of our employees are on the road to Port-Hi and that of Jeremiah to allow circulation of service vehicles.