In US, 100 of people
were rescued by boat and helicopter as floodwaters inundated North Carolina
towns in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Officials warned that life-threatening
flooding from swollen rivers will continue for days. The White House said, the
flooding prompted President Barack Obama to declare a state of emergency in
North Carolina, making federal funding available to affected individuals in 10
counties hit by the storm.
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of fatalities rose to at least 23 in the United States, with nearly half in
North Carolina. Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007, was
downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday. The hurricane killed around
1,000 people in Haiti. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that some
Haitian towns and villages had just about been wiped off the map.
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