Haiti mourns with at least 800 people killed in Hurricane Matthew
Haiti began three days of national mourning on Sunday after more than 800 people died when Hurricane Matthew – the fiercest storm to hit the country in more than a decade – swept across the Caribbean nation last week. The hurricane, which also killed four people in the Dominican Republic, went on to make landfall […]
Update: Death toll continues to rise in Caribbean in wake of Hurricane Matthew
The death toll from Hurricane Matthew, which swept through several Caribbean nations this week, has reportedly topped 300 as the south coast of the US braces for the Category Four storm’s impact. Thousands have been displaced from their homes in nations such as Haiti, where the majority of the deaths were recorded as what has […]
At least eight feared dead after Hurricane Matthew tears across Caribbean nations
At least eight people are feared dead after Hurricane Matthew – the most powerful storm in the Caribbean in almost 10 years – tore through Caribbean nations including Haiti. The Category Four storm, which reportedly had winds of 230 kph, made landfall in eastern Cuba Tuesday night after earlier passing through Haiti and neighbouring Dominican […]