Disaster divided: Two countries, one island, life-and-death differences

By Madison Park, CNN

Updated 1122 GMT (1922 HKT) October 11, 2016

A man stands in the remnants of a house destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in the southern town of Les Cayes on Monday, October 10. Matthew wreaked havoc in Haiti, killing hundreds, destroying homes and knocking out electricity in the impoverished Caribbean nation. More than 1.4 million people are in need of urgent assistance, a UN official says.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
A man stands in the remnants of a house destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in the southern town of Les Cayes on Monday, October 10. Matthew wreaked havoc in Haiti, killing hundreds, destroying homes and knocking out electricity in the impoverished Caribbean nation. More than 1.4 million people are in need of urgent assistance, a UN official says.
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Two young men who lost their homes awake from a tent in the courtyard of a school where they took shelter in Port Salut on October 10.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
Two young men who lost their homes awake from a tent in the courtyard of a school where they took shelter in Port Salut on October 10.
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A woman sits in debris where her house once stood in Les Cayes on October 10.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
A woman sits in debris where her house once stood in Les Cayes on October 10.
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A group works to clear debris from the streets in Les Anglais on October 10.
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A group works to clear debris from the streets in Les Anglais on October 10.
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A man uses salvaged material to build a makeshift roof for his damaged house in Port-a-Piment on October 10.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
A man uses salvaged material to build a makeshift roof for his damaged house in Port-a-Piment on October 10.
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People sick with cholera receive medical assistance at a hospital in Jeremie on October 10. The destruction from Matthew has accelerated the cholera epidemic in Haiti and undermined strides made in fighting the waterborne disease, the country's leader says.
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People sick with cholera receive medical assistance at a hospital in Jeremie on October 10. The destruction from Matthew has accelerated the cholera epidemic in Haiti and undermined strides made in fighting the waterborne disease, the country's leader says.
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People cross one of the many southern coastal rivers where bridges were knocked out or damaged near Port-a-Piment on October 10.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
People cross one of the many southern coastal rivers where bridges were knocked out or damaged near Port-a-Piment on October 10.
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People pass damaged buildings in a seaside fishing neighborhood of Port Salut on Sunday, October 9.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
People pass damaged buildings in a seaside fishing neighborhood of Port Salut on Sunday, October 9.
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People bathe and wash clothes in a river that runs through Roche-à-Bateaux on October 9. Concerns are rising in the storm's aftermath about cholera, caused by the ingestion of contaminated water or food.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
People bathe and wash clothes in a river that runs through Roche-à-Bateaux on October 9. Concerns are rising in the storm's aftermath about cholera, caused by the ingestion of contaminated water or food.
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US soldiers unload bags of food from a helicopter in the hard-hit coastal city of Jeremie on October 9.
Photos: Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
US soldiers unload bags of food from a helicopter in the hard-hit coastal city of Jeremie on October 9.
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Worshippers pray at a Jeremie church destroyed by Matthew on October 9.
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Worshippers pray at a Jeremie church destroyed by Matthew on October 9.
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