Photos of the Devastation of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

Residents carry a coffin containing the remains of a pregnant woman, a victim of Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti, on Oct. 7, 2016. AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery

Haitian authorities were still unsure of the extent of the disaster after Hurricane Matthew plowed into desperately poor Haiti with winds of 145 mph with some communities still cut off. But tens of thousands of homes were obliterated and the dead number in the hundreds.

A boat lies washed up amidst Haitian army buildings damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in a seaside fishing neighborhood in Port Salut, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell