Clean-up crews in both countries face drastically different scenes as they work to repair the damage the powerful storm has wrought. “As the sun rises in North Carolina and the blue sky returns, our state is facing major destruction and, sadly, loss of life,” Gov. In the Fayetteville area alone, rescue crews saved nearly 600 people from the rapidly rising floodwaters, officials said. Aid convoys are arriving from the capital to the town of Jeremie, Haiti, now that some roads washed out by Hurricane Matthew have been cleared. An international response is finally getting underway as Haitian authorities try to gauge the full extent of the staggering blow delivered by Hurricane Matthew, including hundreds dead and tens of thousands of homes obliterated.

Source: National Post October 09, 2016 15:22 UTC