PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti began three days of mourning Sunday for victims of Hurricane Matthew as relief officials grappled with the unfolding devastation in the Caribbean country's hard-hit south. At 1200 GMT, the storm was still packing winds that gusted to hurricane strength as it moved away from the US coastline. Matthew crashed ashore on Haiti's southern coast on Tuesday as a monster Category 4 storm, packing 145 mile (230 kilometer) winds. Aerial footage from the hardest-hit towns in southern Haiti showed a ruined landscape of metal shanties with roofs blown away, downed trees everywhere and mud from overflowing rivers covering the ground. California-based charity International Relief Teams said it was donating $7 million in medical supplies with international organizations MAP International and Hope for Haiti.

Source: Bangkok Post October 09, 2016 14:37 UTC