Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti, targets Florida

Hurricane Matthew ravaged Haiti's southern coast on Tuesday, as the strong winds ripped off rooftops, trees and caused serious floods on almost every street and farmland. Haiti, a country that is yet to recover from the devastating earthquake from six years ago, suffered more damage in terms of infrastructure, population and livestock. Hurricane Matthew is a Category 4 storm and it carried winds of 145 mph when it first hit Les Anglais, a town on the southwestern tip of Haiti. It has affected, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and now, Florida is expected to be its next target.

People stand on the coast watching the surf produced by Hurricane Matthew, on the outskirts of Jamaica on Oct. 3, 2016. The hurricane has hit parts of Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and Bahamas. (Photo | AP) 

Wind blows coconut trees during the passage of Hurricane Matthew in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 4th, 2016. (Photo | AP)

A structure lays on the ground, brought down by the winds of Hurricane Matthew on Oct. 4th, 2016. (Photo | AP)

A truck carrying commuters drives through a street flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, on Oct. 4, 2016. (Photo | AP)

Women cover their heads with pans as they walk in a light rain brought by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. (Photo | AP)

A sewage worker clears a sewer in a street flooded by the rains of Hurricane Matthew, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Oct. 4, 2016. (Photo | AP)

Waves crash against a seawall in Baracoa, Cuba, on Oct. 4, 2016, as the storm was moving along the Windward Passage between Haiti and Jamaica, headed for southeastern Cuba. (Photo | AP)

Anxious Florida residents raid grocery store shelves as North Carolina called for the evacuation of three barrier islands as Hurricane Matthew threatens to strike the East Coast. (Photo | AP)

Two boys float in an old wooden box in an area flooded by heavy rains caused by Hurricane Matthew, in La Puya slum, in the Arroyo Hondo creek in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (Photo | AP)

Kerri Vittimberga, of Wilton Manors, buys a generator, tarps and gas cans, ahead of the warnings issued to Florida. (Photo | AP)