Hurricane Matthew: ‘1.4 million need help in Haiti’

A woman stands in her destroyed house in Jeremie, Haiti. Photo: Hector Retamal AFP/Getty Images
A woman stands in her destroyed house in Jeremie, Haiti. Photo: Hector Retamal AFP/Getty Images

Haiti faces a crisis that requires a “massive response” from the international community, the United Nations has said, with at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid after Hurricane Matthew.

The storm killed almost 1,000 people in the impoverished Caribbean nation, with that toll expected to rise as rescue workers reach previously inaccessible areas.

Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007, last week levelled homes, fouled water sources and killed livestock, leaving victims pleading for help to arrive quickly.

“Some towns and villages have been almost wiped off the map,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters.

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3 Comments

  1. Natalie Jones, RN
    October 12, 2016

    The picture is just another fake produced by the main stream media. It this Haiti? Remember, these same charlatans told us that they landed and exited a spacecraft on the moon when:-

    THEY FAILED TO EVER DEMONSTRATE THE CRAFT LANDING AND TAKING OFF ON EARTH. WHEN THEY TRIED TO DO THAT, IT BLEW UP.

    Do not be fooled. This is another major scam to get us to donate money when that money will never end up where we intend it to.

    You want to find out how Matthew damaged Haiti? Go there yourself.

    You want to help Haitans, help them directly and not via any ‘agency’.

    We are all being fed a pack of lies.

  2. Concerned
    October 11, 2016

    Boy alas!! Those houses self not looking like they could even stand a mild wind storm. Lord knows best prayers to all those affected.

    • Show us the Mass Graves BEFORE we Send Money
      October 13, 2016

      Remember, they want all of us to feel ‘sorry’ for Haiti, so that the ‘relief’ agencies can start the money-laundering:-

      1) the take taxpayers money, or money from rich patrons for aid relief
      2) the money goes to pay the staff of the relief agencies
      3) the money, or a small part of it, ends up in ‘rebuilding’ the damage (most of which is grossly exaggerated)
      4) the money is then laundered for any purpose for the main contributors (rich folks, politicians giving up taxpayers money) and most of it ends up in their pockets.

      The politicians and globalists behind these scams are the followers of the devil himself. Do not be fooled by them. They are very, very clever and control the mass media.

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