Hurricane Matthew made landfall in southwestern Haiti on Tuesday, crashing ashore as a powerful Category Four storm, US weather forecasters said.
The National Hurricane Center said Matthew made landfall as an “extremely dangerous” storm near the village of les Anglais at around 7 am (1100 GMT) with maximum sustained winds of around 230 kilometres per hour. The most menacing storm in nearly a decade, Matthew battered Haiti overnight with strong winds and rising sea levels. Even before it crashed on shore, news reports said Matthew was responsible for three deaths.