• Destroyed houses are seen after Hurricane Matthew passed in Jeremie, Haiti. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
    Destroyed houses are seen after Hurricane Matthew passed in Jeremie, Haiti. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
  • People gather at the shore after Hurricane Matthew passed in Jeremie, Haiti. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
    People gather at the shore after Hurricane Matthew passed in Jeremie, Haiti. Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters
  • Onlookers take photos at Highway A1A after it was partially washed away by Hurricane Matthew in Flagler Beach, Florida. Eric Gay / AP Photo
    Onlookers take photos at Highway A1A after it was partially washed away by Hurricane Matthew in Flagler Beach, Florida. Eric Gay / AP Photo
  • Members of Florida’s National Guard block the entrance of the Lions Bridge in St Augustine, Florida. EPA
    Members of Florida’s National Guard block the entrance of the Lions Bridge in St Augustine, Florida. EPA
  • A battered beach house stands beyond a destroyed sea wall at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Charlie Riedel / AP Photo
    A battered beach house stands beyond a destroyed sea wall at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Charlie Riedel / AP Photo
  • Edisto Beach chief of Police George Brothers surveys the damage done to homes along Palmetto Boulevard after Hurricane Matthew hit the tiny beach community in South Carolina. The four-lane boulevard was covered with sand. Mic Smith / AP Photo
    Edisto Beach chief of Police George Brothers surveys the damage done to homes along Palmetto Boulevard after Hurricane Matthew hit the tiny beach community in South Carolina. The four-lane boulevard was covered with sand. Mic Smith / AP Photo
  • A Daytona Beach, Florida, ocean front home is missing a large portion of its roof, lost during Hurricane Matthew. Charles King / Orlando Sentinel via AP
    A Daytona Beach, Florida, ocean front home is missing a large portion of its roof, lost during Hurricane Matthew. Charles King / Orlando Sentinel via AP
  • Beach goers check out damage left by Hurricane Mathew having washed away part of the historic State Road A1A in Flagler County, Florida. Hurricane Matthew hit the Florida coast leaving four dead and thousands without power, media reported. EPA
    Beach goers check out damage left by Hurricane Mathew having washed away part of the historic State Road A1A in Flagler County, Florida. Hurricane Matthew hit the Florida coast leaving four dead and thousands without power, media reported. EPA
  • A boat sunk by high winds from Hurricane Matthew sits on the shore of the Halifax River in Ormond Beach, Florida. Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel via AP
    A boat sunk by high winds from Hurricane Matthew sits on the shore of the Halifax River in Ormond Beach, Florida. Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel via AP
  • HV Bailey looks at damage to a neighbour’s home at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Charlie Riedel / AP Photo
    HV Bailey looks at damage to a neighbour’s home at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Charlie Riedel / AP Photo

Hurricane Matthew: Destruction in Haiti and US after killer storm – in pictures


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In Haiti, the death toll rose to almost 900 but the head of the country’s civil protection services, Marie-Alta Jean Baptiste, said that the number was likely to rise.