Hurricane Matthew

A look at the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. 

Matthew first made landfall in Haiti as a powerful Category 4 storm on October 4, 2016, with maximum sustained winds of around 145 miles per hour, before heading towards the southeastern United States. The storm killed more than 1,000 people in Haiti, and at least 27 in the U.S. -  more than half of them in North Carolina. Matthew sent the Lumber River overflowing its banks on North Carolina’s coastal plain while Haiti struggles with more than 200,000 people forced from their homes and looming fears of a major cholera outbreak. 

Photo: Vehicles at a business are surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina Wednesday, October 12, 2016. 

Tar River crests

A rescue team navigates their boat through the flooded streets as the Tar River crests in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, in Princeville, North Carolina on October 13, 2016. 

North Carolina

A rescue team transports residents to dry land on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. 

Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains ended over the weekend, but flooding is still expected for days in North Carolina. 

Tar River rises

Headstones in a churchyard cemetery cast reflections in flood waters as the Tar River rises to dangerous levels in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, in Tarboro, North Carolina on October 13, 2016. 

North Carolina

A truck drives through floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina, October 12, 2016. 

People were ordered to evacuate, and officials warned that some communities could be cut off by washed out roads or bridge closures. 

North Carolina

Marquis Sheffield of Herbert Street retrieves clothing from his flooded home after Hurricane Matthew caused severe flooding in Goldsboro, North Carolina, October 13, 2016.

Haitian Health Foundation

An injured woman is treated in a hospital run by the Haitian Health Foundation after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, October 12, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

Haitians load food supplies delivered by U.S. forces after Hurricane Matthew in Les Anglais, Haiti, October 12, 2016. 

North Carolina

Two men rescue a dog from floodwaters on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. 

Hurricane Matthew relief

Workers load relief aid sent by the U.S. onto a truck after Hurricane Matthew passed, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 12, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

A woman stands in front of her destroyed house after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, October 12, 2016. 

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew victims receive food from the UN’s World Food Programme in Roche-a-Bateaux, in Les Cayes, in the south west of Haiti, on October 12, 2016. 

The first major handout of food aid took place along Haiti’s storm-wrecked southwest coast, but supplies were still far short of what was needed by the thousands of starving people.

Haiti

Haitian policeman tries to keep order while Hurricane Matthew victims wait for the delivery of food from the UN’s World Food Programme in Roche-a-Bateaux, in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 12, 2016.

UN soldiers

UN soldiers provide security for trucks from the UN’s World Food Programme in Port Salut southwest of Port-au-Prince, on October 12, 2016.

North Carolina

Fuel tanks are surrounded by devices to protect the fuel from escaping into the floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina, October 12, 2016.

North Carolina

Logan Baker surveys her neighborhood, flooded by water associated with Hurricane Matthew, Wednesday, October 12, 2016 in Greenville, North Carolina.  

Hurricane Matthew

An aerial view shows flood waters after Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina on October 10, 2016.

North Carolina

Vance Barden, left, and Wayne Edwards walk through a flooded street caused by remnants of Hurricane Matthew on October 11, 2016 in Fair Bluff, North Carolina.

Thousands of homes have been damaged in North Carolina as a result of the storm and many are still under threat of flooding.

Food level markings

Deacon Junius Shealy checks flood level markings outside St. Mark Church of Christ after the effects of Hurricane Matthew in Goldsboro, North Carolina, October 12, 2016. 

North Carolina

Flooding waters of the Tar River cover a playground due to rainfall caused from Hurricane Matthew in Greenville, North Carolina, October 11, 2016. 

North Carolina

Patricia Shatto rests on a cot in the shelter at the Bill Sapp Recreation Center, October 11, 2016, in Lumberton, North Carolina for victims of the floodwaters caused byHurricane Matthew. Patricia and her husband Ron fled their home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and sought shelter in Lumberton, only to have their car get caught in the floodwaters.

UN in Haiti

United Nations police from Bangladesh stand with residents lined up to fill jugs of drinking water from a tanker truck, in Sous-Roche, outside Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Health authorities have warned that Hurricane Matthew has created conditions that are likely to cause an increase in the deadly waterborne cholera virus.

Haiti

Residents line up for food after Hurricane Matthew in Anse D’Hainault, Haiti, October 11, 2016. 

Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water.

Hurricane Matthew

National Guard Sgt. Jeremy Stellhorn carries two-year-old Cathalawa Olivia through flood waters as he rescues residents of a mobile home park inundated by rising river waters in Lumberton, North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew hit the state, October 10, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

Mist rises off the water as a flooded building is pictured after Hurricane Matthew passes in Lumberton, North Carolina, October 11, 2016.

Search and rescue in North Carolina

A search and rescue official holds a dog he rescued from a flooded home in a flood area caused by Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina, October 10, 2016. 

Haiti

People walk along a street in Les Cayes, Haiti on October 10, 2016, after Hurricane Matthew passed through. 

Haiti faces a humanitarian crisis that requires a “massive response” from the international community, the United Nations chief said, with at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid following last week’s battering by Hurricane Matthew. 

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Residents inspect a washed-out section of collapsed road after Hurricane Matthew hit the state, in Fayetteville, North Carolina on October 10, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

A house is demolished along Palmetto Blvd, in the Town of Edisto Beach, South Carolina after Hurricane Matthew slammed into the beach community on Saturday, October 8, 2016. 

National Guard

North Carolina Army National Guardsmen and local emergency services assist with evacuation efforts in flooded neighborhood in Fayetteville, North Carolina on October 8, 2016. 

Lumberton, North Carolina

An abandoned truck lies in submerged waters after Hurricane Matthew hit Lumberton, North Carolina October 9, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

Storm surge and rainwater burst the banks of Colonial Lake and partially submerge park benches after Hurricane Matthew hit Charleston, South Carolina on October 8, 2016. 

Haiti

People walk on a street next to destroyed houses after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, October 6, 2016.

Aid after Hurricane Matthew

A soldier carries relief aid after Hurricane Matthew in the devastated town of Jeremie in Haiti, October 9, 2016. 

Haiti

People queue for food and clothes being distributed at a shelter in Port-Salut, southwest of Port-au-Prince, on October 9, 2016, days after the passage of Hurricane Matthew through Haiti. 

Haiti began three days of mourning on Sunday for hundreds killed in Hurricane Matthew as relief officials grappled with the unfolding devastation in the Caribbean country’s hard-hit south. 

Hurricane Matthew on the outskirts of Port Salut, Haiti

A woman cooks in the kitchen of her house destroyed by Hurricane Matthew on the outskirts of Port Salut, Haiti, October 7, 2016. 

Matthew was a monster Category 4 when it slammed into the poorest country in the western hemisphere Tuesday.

Hurricane Matthew hit Lumberton, North Carolina

A Baptist church is surrounded by flood waters after Hurricane Matthew hit Lumberton, North Carolina, October 9, 2016. 

Florida

Homeowner Joe Lovece surveys the damage to the kitchen at the back of his oceanfront home after the eye of Hurricane Matthew passed Ormond Beach, Florida, October 7, 2016. Lovece rode out the storm as waves took away the room at the back of his home. 

South Carolina

Boats sit pushed up amongst the twisted docks at Palmetto Bay Marina damaged by Hurricane Matthew in Hilton Head, South Carolina, Sunday, October 9, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

A salvaged chair hangs in a tree amidst nearby homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, in a seaside fishing neighborhood of Port Salut, Haiti, Sunday, October 9, 2016. 

Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water.

Jeremie, Haiti

An aerial view of destroyed houses and buildings after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, October 7, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

Women from the Laguerre family cry as the coffin carrying Roberto Laguerre is taken out of the morgue, to bury him at the cemetery in Jeremie, Haiti, Saturday October 8, 2016. Roberto, 32, died when the wall of a church next door to his home fell during Hurricane Matthew. 

Jeremie, Haiti

Buildings destroyed and damaged by Hurricane Matthew are seen in Jeremie, in western Haiti, on October 7, 2016. Hurricane Matthew leveled huge swaths of the country’s south.

Jacksonville, Florida

The steeple of the Morning Glory Christian Church was toppled over by the strong winds of Hurricane Matthew, October 8, 2016 in Jacksonville, Florida.

St. Augustine, Florida

Nick Lomasney walks through heavy wind and a flooded street as Hurricane Matthew passes through the area on October 7, 2016 in St. Augustine, Florida.

Daytona, Florida

Workers inspect the damage to a building from the high winds of Hurricane Matthew on October 8, 2016 in Daytona, Florida. 

Savannah, Georgia

A woman who identified herself as Valerie walks along flooded President Street after leaving her homeless camp after Hurricane Matthew caused flooding, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Savannah, Ga.

Savannah, Georgia

Frances Long examines an elm tree that fell in front of her family’s home, October 8, 2016 in Savannah, Georgia.

Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Large waves caused by Hurricane Matthew pound the Jacksonville Pier and was damaged by the storm, October 7, 2016 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Hurricane Matthew passed by offshore bringing heavy winds and flooding.

Brunswick, Georgia

Debbie Tait checks on sand bags in the entrance to her hardware store as the street floods with water from Hurricane Matthew in downtown Brunswick, Georgia, Friday, October 7, 2016. She and her husband planned to ride out the storm in their store which has been in his family for 90 years. “We’re not going anywhere. It’s our livelihood,” said Tait.

Jeremie, Haiti

Residents carry a coffin containing the remains of a pregnant woman, a victim of Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016.

Jeremie, Haiti

A youth stands near the cathedral damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti, Friday, October 7, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

A woman and a child hold hands as they walk into their flooded house in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in the South Beach area near Nassau, Bahamas, October 7, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew - Florida

Heavy waves caused by Hurricane Matthew pounds the boat docks at the Sunset Bar and Grill, October 7, 2016 on Cocoa Beach, Florida. 

Hurricane Matthew

A downed tree from high winds rests against a car in a residential community after Hurricane Matthew passes through on October 7, 2016 in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Hurricane Matthew

An elderly man rests his head at a shelter for evacuees in a high school hallway before the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in North Charleston, South Carolina on October 7, 2016. 

Cocoa Beach, Florida

Heavy waves caused by Hurricane Matthew pound the boat docks at the Sunset Bar and Grill, October 7, 2016 on Cocoa Beach, Florida. 

Hurricane Matthew

A policewoman helps to convince a woman to board a bus at the Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia, to be evacuated to Augusta, some 130 miles (208km) northwest, on October 7, 2016 as Hurricane Matthew approaches. 

Hurricane Matthew

Lights are out on highway A1A from the winds of Hurricane Matthew on Cocoa Beach, Florida, October 7, 2016. Hurricane Matthew passed by offshore as a Category 3 hurricane bringing heavy winds and minor flooding.

Hurricane Matthew

Local resident Riga Fairbarn, who opted out to leaving her home on the costal, walks to the beach to check a neighbor’s sailboat in Atlantic Beach, Florida, on October 7, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

A Space Shuttle model stands near some downed trees after Hurricane Matthew passed by the area in Cocoa Beach, Florida, October 7, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

A woman cries amid the rubble of her home, destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

People leave Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park, in heavy rain, after it closed in Orlando, Florida in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew on October 6, 2016.

Some three million people on the U.S. southeast coast faced an urgent evacuation order Thursday as Hurricane Matthew bore down on Florida.

Bahamas

A KFC sign damaged by Hurricane Matthew is supported by utility lines on Carmichael Road in Nassau, Bahamas October 6, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

Damaged houses are seen after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Sous Roche in Les Cayes, Southwest Haiti on October 6, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

Haitian people cross the river La Digue in Petit Goave where the bridge collapsed during the rains of the Hurricane Matthew, southwest of Port-au-Prince, October 5, 2016. 

Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba -- blasted by Matthew on October 4, 2016 -- began the messy and probably grim task of assessing the storm’s toll. Matthew hit them as a Category Four hurricane but has since been downgraded to three, on a scale of five, by the US National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Matthew

A man carries a woman across a river at Petit Goave where a bridge collapsed during the rains of the Hurricane Matthew, southwest of Port-au-Prince, October 5, 2016. 

Florida

A boarded up IHOP restaurant has messages to Hurricane Matthew written on the plywood as it sits closed ahead of Hurricane Matthew on Cocoa Beach, Florida on October 5, 2016.

The first evacuations were ordered in the United States as coastal residents prepared to escape the approaching monster storm, expected off the East Coast later this week.

Hurricane Matthew

People carry some of their belongings through the rubble of a street after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday, October 5, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

A view of a highway blocked by rocks after the passage of hurricane Matthew on the coast of Guantanamo province, Cuba, October 5, 2016. 

Haiti

People try to cross the overflowing La Rouyonne river in the commune of Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, October 5, 2016.

Hurrican Matthew - Cuba

The high winds of Hurricane Matthew roar over Baracoa, Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. The dangerous Category 4 storm blew ashore around dawn in Haiti. It unloaded heavy rain as it swirled on toward a lightly populated part of Cuba and the Bahamas. 

Deaths in Dominican Republic

The mother of two deceased children is comforted outside her house in the neighborhood of Capotillo in Santo Domingo on October 4, 2016 after the passage of Hurricane Matthew through Hispaniola -- the island that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti.Matthew, a CategoryFour hurricane, slammed into the Dominican Republic and Haiti Tuesday, triggering major floods and forcing thousands to flee the path of the storm that has claimed at least three lives in each country. 

Shelters

Junior (C) and his family are seen in the shelter at Peru School after their home was damaged from the rains of Hurrricane Matthew, in Port-au-Prince on October 4, 2016. 

Dominican Republic

A sewage worker clears a sewer in a street flooded by the rains of Hurricane Matthew, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew roared into the southwestern coast of the island of Hispaniola with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida.

Hurricane Matthew

Clouds cover the mountains of Petion Ville rain fall in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, on October 3, 2016, as Hurricane Matthew slams the island nation.

Hurricane Matthew

A girl watches as authorities arrive to evacuate people from her house in Tabarre, Haiti, October 3, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew

An elderly man is carried at a shelter in Guantanamo, Cuba on October 3, 2016, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew. As the Category 4 hurricane creeps closer, Cuba, in the likely path of destruction, ordered the evacuation of more than 250,000 people from the east of the island. 

Military family members evacuated

Families settle into their seats aboard a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III aircraft for evacuation from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay ahead of Hurricane Matthew, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 2, 2016.

Hurricane Matthew

Women protect themselves from the rain with plastic in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, on October 3, 2016. 

Hurricane Matthew took aim at densely populated Haiti and Jamaica on Monday, packing winds that could sweep away flimsy buildings and bringing torrential rain that could trigger deadly landslides and floods. As the powerful storm churned north, officials in both countries scrambled to protect buildings and move people out of danger zones to shelters.