A man holds onto a sign after trying to swim out to help a truck driver who was stranded in floodwater from Hurricane Matthew in Hope Mills, North Carolina, on Sunday. Both people were rescued.Andrew Craft/AP
As many Americans were focused on the increasingly bruising presidential campaign, Hurricane Matthew moved up the eastern seaboard over the weekend, bringing flooding and devastation with it. Matthew, which was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone Sunday, has left at least 23 people dead in the United States; it killed 1,000 people in Haiti after slamming into the Caribbean nation last week.
Here are some harrowing photos and videos of the destruction:
Haiti
.@UNCERF supports assistance to boost reponse to #HurricaneMatthew & cholera epidemic in Haiti https://t.co/PSeW7VDQ7d pic.twitter.com/XX3NnebH9U
— United Nations (@UN) October 8, 2016
Death toll in Haiti as a result of #HurricaneMatthew has soared to more than 300, officials say. https://t.co/IbzC6kACCx pic.twitter.com/8Gn8DHNdaN
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 7, 2016
Two days after #HurricaneMatthew hit southwestern Haiti, the extent of the destruction remains unclear. https://t.co/ch8QRITjQG pic.twitter.com/IXq4IJcneA
— NPR (@NPR) October 6, 2016
Cuba
WATCH: Aerial video shows houses, trees and bridges reduced to ruins in Cuba following #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/d8rT0EKavm
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 7, 2016
“They always ignore the people of this town.”#HurricaneMatthew has torn through Cuba—and people are picking up the pieces with little help pic.twitter.com/cItCetyEjp
— Fusion (@Fusion) October 7, 2016
The Bahamas
Dramatic video shows #HurricaneMatthew blow roof off house in the Bahamas; storm lashing Florida, 300,000 lose power https://t.co/b0fVGGm4kI pic.twitter.com/IqtmyH9QH5
— ABC News (@ABC) October 7, 2016
NOW: #Bahamas flooding after #HurricaneMatthew. Standby for a LIVE report on @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/9t7D9wpiWO
— Jamie Guirola (@jamieNBC6) October 6, 2016
Florida
Views of the closed A1A highway, washed out by #HurricaneMatthew in Flagler Beach, Florida from @jewelsamad pic.twitter.com/vYUD7vWMBI
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 9, 2016
Millions of coastal residents are being urged to flee inland as #HurricaneMatthew nears Florida. https://t.co/Zvim1meOY9 pic.twitter.com/6hQyzBspRd
— NPR (@NPR) October 6, 2016
Florida locals document #HurricaneMatthew‘s strong winds and heavy rainfall on social media https://t.co/lQoKfOi2eG pic.twitter.com/ROQjizXEOi
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 7, 2016
Georgia
AP PHOTO: A woman walks along a flooded street after Hurricane #Matthew caused flooding in Savannah, Ga. https://t.co/C0VnnbXEAo
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 8, 2016
We’re seeing early damage from #HurricaneMatthew in Savannah pic.twitter.com/wcRzuieQD8
— Arianna Poindexter (@AriannaWJCL) October 8, 2016
South Carolina
Second weather death reported in South Carolina https://t.co/JgmViWS8D0 #chsnews #scnews pic.twitter.com/DsLsDMqAid
— Live5News (@Live5News) October 9, 2016
Edisto Beach remains closed as officials deal with damage https://t.co/mNYu5qBqsE #chsnews #scnews pic.twitter.com/HUIN9N7lBM
— Live5News (@Live5News) October 9, 2016
Photo from the Charleston Harbor Marina. #Matthew #chsnews pic.twitter.com/YBPX5dRw10
— WCBD (@WCBD) October 9, 2016
Gusty winds on Main Street in Columbia. #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/pWzfMJpFYg
— The State Newspaper (@thestate) October 8, 2016
GALLERY: Cleanup and recovery after #HurricaneMatthew https://t.co/GVQBqEcrjO #chsnews #scnews pic.twitter.com/xEOMtqdHNH
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) October 10, 2016
Flooding hits city of Charleston as #HurricaneMatthew makes landfall in South Carolina https://t.co/6oL73BLFzq pic.twitter.com/yRBBrf2FXx
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 8, 2016
North Carolina
Chopper11HD is flying over Lumberton right now where 1,500 people are still trapped in Hurricane Matthew flooding. https://t.co/6fKEjgHMJ3 pic.twitter.com/EGd3bCcZ9Z
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) October 10, 2016
Aftereffects of #HurricaneMatthew to linger in North Carolinahttps://t.co/s6bAaNfKaA pic.twitter.com/YhROUTnaTQ
— The News & Observer (@newsobserver) October 10, 2016
Sky 5 captured a water rescue in Zebulon…watch: https://t.co/53y6clv874 pic.twitter.com/S1tqDrbcDv
— WRAL NEWS in NC (@WRAL) October 9, 2016
.@WSOCChopper9 photos of flooding across North Carolina after #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/4YJyihpLqh
— WSOCTV (@wsoctv) October 9, 2016
