Hurricane leaves over 100 dead

Hurricane Matthew has left 108 people dead in Haiti, the interior minister has said. One local official, speaking to AFP, said 50 people had died in the southern town of Roche-a-Bateau alone. New images from remote and cut off areas in the south-west of the country show scenes of devastation. The hurricane has again been […]

Hurricane Matthew has left 108 people dead in Haiti, the interior minister has said.
One local official, speaking to AFP, said 50 people had died in the southern town of Roche-a-Bateau alone.
New images from remote and cut off areas in the south-west of the country show scenes of devastation.
The hurricane has again been upgraded to a Category Four storm, the second highest hurricane classification, as it heads for the US state of Florida.
Hurricane Matthew – the most powerful Caribbean storm in nearly a decade – is currently pounding the Bahamas, after slicing through Haiti and Cuba.
Hurricane Matthew is already the deadliest Atlantic storm since 2012, when Hurricane Sandy directly killed at least 147 people.
Sandy was a category three storm. Matthew is a category four, after being downgraded from category five – the highest classification.