crisis in haiti
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Hurricane Matthew killed more than 500 people in Haiti when it struck two weeks ago, leaving more than 175,000 without homes, and more than a million more struggling to survive in what United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called "absolute devastation."
The UN estimates at least 1.4 million Haitians are now in need of urgent assistance as clean water, food, and medicine are in short supply, and an ongoing cholera epidemic threatens to worsen and spread after dozens of cholera treatment centers were destroyed.
Hurricane Matthew victims wait the start of a delivery of food from the UN's World Food Program in the commune of Maniche, in Les Cayes, in the southwest of Haiti, on October 17, 2016.
View from the National school of Labeyi, that was the destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, in the commune of Chadonyer, in Les Cayes, on October 16, 2016.
Members of an evangelical church attend services in their church building damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in Roche-a-Bateaux, on October 16, 2016.
Coconut palms toppled by Hurricane Matthew lay in the countryside near Jeremie, southwestern Haiti, on October 14, 2016.
Children play with a damaged fishing boat on a heavily polluted waterfront in the Philanthrope neighborhood of Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 17, 2016.
A girl stands in her destroyed house on October 14, 2016 in a small village near Les Cayes.
Hurricane Matthew victims cover themselves from the rain while waiting for the start of delivery of food from the UN's World Food Program in the commune of Maniche, in Les Cayes, on October 17, 2016.
The remains of a destroyed home lay in southwestern Haiti on October 14.
Boys play on a makeshift raft in the polluted waters in front of the Philanthrope neighborhood of Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 17, 2016.
Town residents gather to watch as U.S. military personnel unload USAID relief supplies from a helicopter in Anse d'Hainault on October 14, 2016.
Security closes the gate on people trying to enter a yard where food distribution was to take place, in Maniche, Haiti, on October 17, 2016.
Hurricane Matthew victims wait to receive food from the UN's World Food Program in Port-Salut, Haiti, on October 12, 2016.
A U.N. peacekeeper from Senegal fires tear gas in front of a truck carrying food aid, as troops clash with rock-throwing neighborhood residents outside a U.N. base in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 15, 2016.
Workers assemble kits consisting of a bucket, laundry soap, and women's sanitary napkins as part of a health-centered aid shipment for delivery to a rural mountain community, on October 16, 2016.
Sara, age 66, walks after receiving a food delivery from the World Food Program in the commune of Maniche on October 17, 2016.
A boy smiles while carrying a blanket on his head after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, on October 13, 2016.
A young man sleeps on school benches pushed together in Philippe Guerrier High School, which is serving as a shelter for people whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, in Les Cayes on October 17, 2016.
A man eats dinner at his house in Les Anglais on October 12, 2016.
A girl takes a bath next to destroyed houses, after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, on October 16, 2016.
Women wash clothes in a canal while children splash into the water on October 14, 2016 in a small village near Les Cayes, Haiti.
A man repairs his home destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Port Salut southwest of Port-au-Prince, on October 11, 2016.
People are treated at a cholera treatment center at a hospital after Hurricane Matthew passed through Jeremie, Haiti, on October 11, 2016.