Hurricane Matthew Devastates Haiti

by | Oct 11, 2016

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image of Hurricane Matthew when it made landfall on Haiti and had top sustained winds of about 230 kilometers (145 miles) per hour. (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS)

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image of Hurricane Matthew when it made landfall on Haiti and had top sustained winds of about 230 kilometers (145 miles) per hour. (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS)

On Oct. 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall on southwestern Haiti as a Category 4 storm”the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean nation in more than 50 years.

At least 1,000 Haitians are dead as a result of the storm, and the United Nations estimates that 1.4 million people in the area need humanitarian assistance. Although the entire country sustained damage from the storm, the western edge of Haiti was devastated, where large portions of several towns were turned into rubble.

For more details about how Hurricane Matthew affected Haiti, click here.

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