Hurricane Matthew made landfall in western Haiti Tuesday morning after more than a day of heavy rain from the powerful storm's outer bands caused street flooding and sent many people to shelters.
ເຮຮິເຄນ Matthew ພັດເຂົ້າຖະຫຼົ່ມເຮຕີ
![Women cover their heads with pans as they walk in a light rain brought by Hurricane Matthew in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 4, 2016. Hurricane Matthew roared into the southwestern coast of Haiti, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e43cecc4-ea1a-485a-ba79-af40afad869a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women cover their heads with pans as they walk in a light rain brought by Hurricane Matthew in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 4, 2016. Hurricane Matthew roared into the southwestern coast of Haiti, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida.
![Wind blows coconut trees during the passage of Hurricane Matthew in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 4, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f074ef2b-f01f-48ac-86d1-fadfad190912_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Wind blows coconut trees during the passage of Hurricane Matthew in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 4, 2016.
![A girl watches as authorities arrive to evacuate people from her house in Tabarre, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d765a2d7-0d8a-4f0a-89ec-e7011baeb6ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl watches as authorities arrive to evacuate people from her house in Tabarre, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2016.
![Civil protection workers asks residents to evacuate their homes located near the the Grise river, in Tabarre, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f6a76efd-b7a4-4a43-9ae8-1051f8b0457c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Civil protection workers asks residents to evacuate their homes located near the the Grise river, in Tabarre, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2016.