Hurricane Matthew hammers western Haiti with deadly force

The eye of the violent and slow-moving Category 4 storm was hovering over the western tip of Haiti, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, pounding coastal villages with strong gusts. One man died as the storm crashed through his home in the beach town of Port Salut, Haiti's civil protection service said. Overnight, Haitians living in vulnerable coastal shacks on the Tiburon Peninsula frantically sought shelter as Matthew closed in, bringing heavy rain and gusts and driving the ocean into seas