Saintanor Dutervil stands with his wife in the ruins of their home Thursday in Les Cayes, Haiti. Authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
Trees are down outside a damaged church Thursday in Les Cayes, Haiti, two days after Hurricane Matthew tore through the country.
A resident works in his destroyed home in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday.
Residents carry a mattress to a shelter Thursday, two days after homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti.
Marco Beckford rakes up debris from a storm drain as he begins cleanup near a damaged gas station in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Nassau, Bahamas, on Thursday.
Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday.
Homes lay in ruins after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday. Two days after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
An elderly man who was hospitalized prior to Hurricane Matthew is carried back home in a hammock in Baracoa, Cuba, on Thursday. The man, who was released from the hospital, was carried back to his home by hand because the roads have been made impassible by the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, blocking all motor vehicle traffic to the area.
Personal items lie scattered outside homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday.
Hotel rooms are exposed after a wall broke away at the RIU hotel during Hurricane Matthew at Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on Thursday.
Children sit inside a church destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Saint-Louis, Haiti, on Wednesday. Rescue workers in Haiti struggled to reach cutoff towns and learn the full extent of the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew.
Firefighters help an elderly woman recover her clothes from a house destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, in Baracoa, Cuba, on Thursday.
Firefighters help a woman recover her clothes from her house destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba, on Thursday.
Residents work on homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday. Two days after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
Victor Farah and her daughter sit in the ruins of their home destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday.
Residents stand near a church that had its roof ripped away by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday.
People lay out their clothes to dry on a tree broken by winds of Hurricane Matthew, in Baracoa, Cuba, on Thursday.
People dry their clothes on the waterfront after the passing of Hurricane Matthew, in Baracoa, Cuba, on Thursday.
Personal items are set out to dry as homeowners cull through the debris of their homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Thursday.
The roof of Bay Street Garage lays collapsed in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Nassau, Bahamas, on Thursday.
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