Haiti Death Toll Jumps as Receding Waters Reveal More Bodies
A man tries to cross the overflowing Rouyonne river, in the commune of Leogane Port-au-Prince, on Oct. 5, 2016.
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Les Cayes, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti's death toll jumped late Thursday after rescue crews began reaching remote corners cut off when Hurricane Matthew slammed into the country's southwest peninsula, the first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in more than a half century.
At least 283 people died in just one part of Haiti's southwest, the region that bore the brunt of the storm, Emmanuel Pierre, an Interior Ministry coordinator in Les Cayes, told The Associated Press.