Haiti pleads for help a week after deadly hurricane

The United Nations is calling for a massive aid operation for Haiti a week after Hurricane Matthew tore through the island nation.

Anse D'Hainault town in Haiti was damaged. Source: AAP

There are fears the country now faces the real threat of famine and a worsening cholera epidemic.

Matthew hurricane followed from the International Space Centre.

Haiti's interim president describes the destruction as apocalyptic after the storm left over a thousand people dead and nearly one-and-a-half million in need of urgent help.

 

What was left after Matthew had passed Haiti.