Hurricane Matthew News
Seven people have died and 19 fishermen are reported lost at sea after two days of heavy rain lashed Haiti, the interior ministry said on Friday.
The powerful storm crashed ashore in southwestern Haiti on October 4 packing winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour.
At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials said Tuesday, as hard-hit communities struggled to rebuild homes and access food and clean water.
President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in North Carolina on Monday after Hurricane Matthew roared through the state over the weekend, the White House said.
Haiti's death toll from monster Hurricane Matthew has risen to 372, civil defense officials said on Monday, as the impoverished country continues to dig out of massive destruction in the south.
Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti on Tuesday, whipping it with 145 mile-per-hour winds and torrential rains.
The storm, which killed more than 500 in Haiti before it pounded the East Coast for days, was stripped of hurricane status just before daybreak.
Hurricane Matthew, the most deadly storm in a decade, killed nearly 900 persons in Haiti.
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins has captured an image of monstrous 'Hurricane Matthew' from the space station.
To make this remarkable observation, the satellite used its sea and land temperature radiometer.
Hurricane Matthew toll nears 900 in Haiti, heavy storm lashes Florida; 350,000 in need of urgent aid
Hurricane Hurricane Matthew`s trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those emerging from the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to 877, tens of thousands left homeless and outbreaks of cholera already claiming more lives.
Hurricane Matthew`s trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those viewing the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to 842, tens of thousands made homeless and crops destroyed in the impoverished Caribbean nation`s breadbasket region.
Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade, has left more than 300 dead in Haiti.
The first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the United States in more than 10 years lashed Florida on Friday with heavy rains and winds after killing at least 339 people in Haiti on its destructive march north through the Caribbean.
Florida, which is facing its most dangerous storm in living memory, can expect Hurricane Matthew to move near or over the coast overnight.
President Barack Obama declared a federal state of emergency in Florida, as highways there and in neighboring states clogged up with people.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a federal state of emergency in Florida as Hurricane Matthew's powerful winds began to be felt along the state's southeast coast.
Hurricane Matthew has left 23 dead and three missing in Haiti, an official said, warning the toll could rise as communications were re-established with the hardest-hit part of the country.
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