Relief slow to reach Haiti hurricane victims

Two weeks after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, aid efforts are struggling to keep up with the devastation inflicted on the impoverished country

Path of Hurricane Matthew

CUBA

Hurricane impact

Extreme

Major

Large

Medium

Low

None

Jeremie

SOUTH

50km 30 miles

CARIBBEAN SEA

Gonâve Island

GRAND’ANSE

NIPPES

Les Cayes

NORTH-WEST

Gonaives

ARTIBONITE

HAITI

Port-au-Prince

SOUTH-EAST

Cap-Haitien

NORTH

NORTH-EAST

CENTRE

WEST

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

546 Minimum number of people killed. Another 128 missing*

2.1m Number of people affected (20 percent of population)

1.4m Number of people needing humanitarian aid. Urgent need for clean water and hygiene kits to stop spread of cholera

175,000 Number of people uprooted from their homes, living in temporary shelters

200,000 Number of houses badly damaged

120,000 Number of children not going to school due to damaged classrooms

$15m Donations received by UN (out of $120m appeal)

50% Percentage of crops lost by farmers in worst-hit areas.Coastal communities affected by loss of fishing boats and equipment

Sources: European Commission, wire agencies

*Latest government figures