Hurricane Matthew death toll passes 800 in Haiti, cholera takes lives

[mnhtnbb]

Source: Reuters

Hurricane Matthew's trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those emerging from the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to 842, tens of thousands homeless and outbreaks of cholera already claiming more lives.

"Due to massive flooding and its impact on water and sanitation infrastructure, cholera cases are expected to surge after Hurricane Matthew and through the normal rainy season until the start of 2017," the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a statement.

With fatalities mounting, various government agencies and committees differed on total deaths. A Reuters count of deaths reported by civil protection and local officials put the toll at 842.

Some 61,500 people were in shelters, the agency said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-matthew-haiti-idUSKCN12719D?il=0

---

What can you say? The devastation is horrible. Unbelievable living conditions. More deaths coming from cholera.

[Warpy]

1. Bridges are out, making communities hard to reach with clean water

Cholera from bad water is likely to kill more than the storm did.

There are before and after pictures at the BBC. It's heartbreaking.

[hamsterjill]

2. Gut-wrenching.

Seems like Haiti is always hit so very hard.

[OnlinePoker]

3. Blame UN aid workers for the cholera.

Haiti never had a reported case of cholera in its history until 2010 and the source appears to have been a UN base camp housing Nepalese troops. UN tried to deny it, but the evidence was pretty damning, including the DNA of the strain being from South East Asia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_cholera_outbreak

[C Moon]

4. Man. Last I heard it was 100—that was last night. nt

[uppityperson]

5. K&R for people in trouble

[PersonNumber503602]

6. Awful. I thought it was strange I didn't hear much mentioned about the people down there...