Hurricane Matthew pounds Haiti and Cuba on path toward U.S.

By Makini Brice and Sarah Marsh LES CAYES, Haiti/GUANTANAMO, Cuba (Reuters) - The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade battered Haiti's southwest coast with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and surging seas that flooded coastal towns on Tuesday, tearing at trees and rooftops before moving on to Cuba. Hurricane Matthew dumped torrential rain across the island of Hispaniola that Haiti shares with Dominican Republic, where four people were killed by collapsing walls and mudslides. In Haiti,