There are fears that the death toll in the wake of Hurricane Matthew which left behind widespread destruction in Haiti will continue to rise.
This comes as rescue and aid workers are finding it very difficult to reach the worst-hit areas with reports saying at least 336 people have died since the Category 4 hurricane hit Haiti.
A CNN Correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Shasta Darlington says “the death toll is rising on an hourly basis as aid workers and authorities get into these really hard-hit regions.”
Haiti Civil Protection Service spokesman, Joseph Edgard Celestin, said four people are still missing, with 211 people injured and more than 60,000 people displaced.
A death toll count reported by Reuters put the death toll well over 800. The count is reportedly based on figures from local officials.
UN authorities last week said the hurricane is the country’s worst humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake that shook the country to its knees.
