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Drenched

Residents walk in flooded streets as they return to their homes in Leogane, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Matthew slammed into Haiti’s southwestern tip with howling,
145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris.

                                                                                                                                                                                                     (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Matthew Slams Haiti, Takes Aim at US East Coast 

DAVID MCFADDEN                 rivers bloated and choked   weekend. The forecast trig-  the poorest country in the                                   part of Haiti appeared to
Associated Press               with debris. At least nine  gered a rush by Americans    Western Hemisphere, hit-                                     be widespread, but be-
PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti (AP)        deaths were blamed on       to stock up on food, gaso-   ting a corner of Haiti where                                 cause of spotty commu-
— Hurricane Matthew            the storm during its week-  line and other emergency     many people live in shacks                                   nications, blocked roads
slammed into Haiti’s south-    long march across the Ca-   supplies. The dangerous      of wood or concrete                                          and washed-out bridges,
western tip with howling,      ribbean. Forecasters said   Category 4 storm — at one    blocks. It unloaded heavy                                    the full extent was not im-
145 mph winds Tuesday,         Matthew could hit Florida   point the most powerful      rain as it swirled on toward                                 mediately clear. Nor was
tearing off roofs in the poor  toward the end of the       hurricane in the region in   a lightly populated part of                                  the number of deaths.
and largely rural area, up-    week and push its way up    nearly a decade — blew       Cuba and the Bahamas.
rooting trees and leaving      the East Coast over the     ashore around dawn in        Damage in the hardest-hit                                        Continued on page 3