Jeremie, a Haitian City Destroyed by Hurricane Matthew

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Authorities had to start burying the dead in mass graves in Jeremie as bodies began to decompose.teleSUR
A tally of deaths reported by mayors from 15 of 18 municipalities in Sud Department on the south side of the peninsula showed 386 fatalities there.teleSUR
Meanwhile, there was great concern about a rapid spread of cholera.teleSUR
Jérémie was the city most affected by Hurricane Matthew.teleSUR
Cholera causes severe diarrhea and can kill within hours if untreated. It is spread through contaminated water and has a short incubation period, which leads to rapid outbreaks.teleSUR
The lack of infrastructure and logistics have caused humanitarian aid to not adequately reach Haiti.teleSUR
522 people were killed in Grand'Anse alone.teleSUR
The official death toll from the central civil protection agency is 336, a slower count because officials must visit each village to confirm the numbers.teleSUR
The powerful hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, slammed into Haiti with 145 mile-per-hour (233 kph) winds and torrential rains that left 1.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.teleSUR