Hurricane Matthew left death and destruction in its wake as it plowed across Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic and The Bahamas, moving towards the southeastern coast of the US. The images presented in this gallery allow you to witness the terrible havoc such weather phenomemon can wreak upon people and infrastructure.
Maintainance workers try to remove a tree from a road in Nassau, New Providence island in the Bahamas after the passing of Hurricane Matthew. October 6, 2016.
People stand in an area affected by Hurricane Matthew in Cavaillon, Haiti. October 6, 2016.
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© AP Photo / David Goldman
A police officer walks past the remnants of a home leveled by Hurricane Matthew after it hit the tiny beach community of Edisto Beach, S.C. October 8, 2016.
A woman is carried across the river La Digue in Petit Goave where the bridge collapsed during the rains of the Hurricane Matthew, southwest of Port-au-Prince. October 5, 2016.
Clean up from Hurricane Matthew continues in Jeremie, Haiti. October 6, 2016.
Children climb on trees destroyed after Hurricane Matthew, in Croix Marche-a-Terre, in Southwest Haiti. October 6, 2016.
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© AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa
A woman searches amid the rubble of her home destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba. October 5, 2016.
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© AP Photo / Wilfredo Lee
A billboard canvas flaps in the wind after Hurricane Matthew passed off shore in North Palm Beach, Florida. October 7, 2016.
Workmen from China Harbour engineering company clear garbage from an area where the road surface was damaged from rain on Industrial Terrace in Kingston, Jamaica before the passage of Hurricane Matthew. October 3, 2016.
Picture taken in the flooded neighbourhood of La Puya, in Santo Domingo after the passage of Hurricane Matthew through Hispaniola - the island that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti. October 4, 2016.
Aerial view of damages in small village of Casanette near Baumond, Haiti after Hurricane Matthew passed the area. October 8, 2016.
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© AP Photo / Dieu Nalio Chery
A resident works to repair his roof after it was ripped away by Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti. October 7, 2016.
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© AP Photo / Eric Gay
Onlookers walk along a section of highway A1A that was washed out by Hurricane Matthew in Flagler Beach, Florida. October 8, 2016
A couple watch the sunrise in Jacksonville Beach, Florida after Hurricane Matthew passed the area. October 8, 2016.
