Hundreds of people are dead in Haiti as a result of the treacherous Hurricane Matthew, with the death toll reaching as high as 572 people, Reuters reported.
If the death toll is confirmed, Matthew would be the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, which claimed more than 1,600 lives in Central America and Mexico, according to National Hurricane Center meteorologist Brenden Moses.
Haitian senator Herve Fourcand told AFP that more than 300 people were killed near the country’s southern coast when the storm hit Tuesday.
The government put the death toll at 122 while Radio Television Caraibes reported that 264 people had died, AFP said.
“What is most urgent now is to provide safe water to prevent disease, as well as food and essential supplies, ´said Jean Claude Fignole, program director for Oxfam in Haiti, in a statement Friday.
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