Hurricane Matthew: Food, Water Shortages Threaten Haiti Victims - Wall Street Journal

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A woman walked to a shelter with her son in Jérémie on Sunday after their home was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.


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Robbie Whelan

Updated Oct. 9, 2016 8:14 p.m. ET

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JÉRÉMIE, Haiti—Nearly a week after Hurricane Matthew slammed into the southwestern tip of Haiti, the scale of destruction is starting to become clear as residents begin to rebuild homes and businesses, and as shortages of food and fresh water threaten to tip some remote areas into humanitarian crisis.

Haiti’s president, Jocelerme Privert, and U.S. Ambassador Peter F. Mulrean visited this storm-battered coastal city Saturday to observe the worst devastation the nation has seen since an earthquake in 2010 killed as many as 220,000 people.

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Jérémie, a Haitian city of 30,000 people, was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew.

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