USAID/OFDA-airlifted relief supplies arrive in The Bahamas and Haiti. USAID coordinates relief operations with host governments, USG interagency partners, and other humanitarian actors. UN estimates that 750,000 people in Haiti require humanitarian assistance.
As countries throughout the Caribbean and humanitarian agencies on the ground begin to assess casualties and damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, USAID joins millions of Americans and people around the world in expressing our deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones. The United States is committed to supporting our neighbors in the aftermath of this disaster, and we are working around the clock to save lives and meet urgent needs.
Hurricane Matthew causes extensive damage across the central Caribbean. USAID’s DART conducts aerial assessments, delivers first tranche of pre-positioned relief items to isolated communities in Haiti. USAID/OFDA is airlifting additional emergency relief commodities to Haiti and The Bahamas.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has requested the unique capabilities of the U.S. Department of Defense to help support USAID-led efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to communities cut off by the storm, especially in the hard-hit southwestern peninsula. As a result, the U.S. military stood up a Joint Task Force from U.S. Southern Command to support USAID's disaster relief efforts by providing logistics and airlift capacity to deliver critical supplies and humanitarian personnel.
The U.S. continues to work in partnership with the Government of Haiti to assess the extent of damage in Haiti and to prioritize humanitarian cleanup needs. The goal of the U.S. as a friend of Haiti and a partner looks beyond the day to day now, as we have for decades.
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