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Added on the 04/10/2016 23:42:24 - Copyright : Eyewitness Video Online
At least 23 people have been killed as a result of massive flooding and severe winds brought by Category 4 storm Hurricane Matthew as it left a trail of devastation through the impoverished island nation of Haiti over the past few days. Thousands of people have had their homes completely or partially destroyed. The storm is moving north and its effects are expected to strike the southern coast of Florida on Thursday evening as a Category 4 storm with severe gales of up to 125 miles per hour. Even if the storm does not make landfall, which is when the eye of the hurricane passes over land, the powerful winds and torrential rain brought by the arms will cause significant damage. Florida Governor Rick Scott called for a general evacuation for residents living in the expected path of Hurricane Matthew.
Footage courtesy of Foundation Marie shows the flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew after the Category 4 hurricane made landfall on Haiti and slammed into the impoverished island country with winds of up to 145 miles per hour. At least two people were killed, dozens injured, and homes destroyed. Some 55,000 Haitians are still living in temporary shelters, as the country has not quite recovered from the earthquake in 2010.
Aerial images show severe flooding in the area surrounding San Pedro Sula, northern Honduras, due to the overflowing of the Chamelecon River after the passage of Hurricane Iota. AERIAL IMAGES
Tenejapa, Nov 11 (EFE).- With some of their belongings on their backs, thousands of families in Mexico's southeastern states of Chiapas and Tabasco have abandoned their homes after the torrential rains that have inundated the region, causing severe flooding and at least 27 deaths.Tropical Storm Eta and Cold Front No. 11 dumped enormous quantities of rain in the region and in Central America, forcing many people to flee their homes for their own safety. (Camera: MITZI FUENTES GOMEZ).SHOT LIST: THE AREAS AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS IN TENEJAPA, MEXICO.SOUND BITE: ELÍAS LÓPEZ LUNA, RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF MATZAM, TENEJAPA MUNICIPALITY, CHIAPAS STATE, MEXICO. TRANSLATION: There are more than 70 families who have been affected in this area and that might not be the exact numbers anymore because the terrain is still moving. The Civil Protection said that we don't have to be worried but they have only been talking. We don't have their presence here.
Emergency workers battle cholera and blocked roads as they struggle to help the victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. Diane Hodges reports.
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