Amid a hellish landscape of roofless shacks, shrouded bodies and torrents of tainted brown water, the death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew climbed into the hundreds on Friday as the storm’s full impact became grimly apparent. “I have nothing – my hands are empty,” Kimberly Janvier told the Reuters news agency in the already ragged western town of Cavaillon, which was left in ruins. In the ravaged southwest departments of Sud and Grand’Anse alone, at least 29,000 homes were destroyed, officials said. In Jeremie, the main town in Grand’Anse, the hurricane ripped off corrugated metal roofs and leveled homes. laura.king@latimes.comTwitter: @laurakingLATALSOA detailed look at Florida cities where Hurricane Matthew may cause floodingHere's what Hurricane Matthew looks like before slamming into the U.S.As Hurricane Matthew approaches South Carolina, many residents are staying put

Source: Los Angeles Times October 07, 2016 20:37 UTC