Witness to Matthew's destruction

U.N. photographer Logan Abassi shot these photos on Wednesday and Thursday after Hurricane Matthew passed over southwestern Haiti.

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An aerial view of Jeremie taken from the helicopter on a recce fight on Thursday October 6.

Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH

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On the water front of Jeremie where houses were battered by the storm surge.

Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH

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Matthew left small villages flooded and entirely cut off during its passage across the southwest peninsula of Haiti.

Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH

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Survivers begin to pick up and organize what is left of their belongings in Jeremie.

Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH

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A woman falls trying to cross a flooded river.

Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH

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Women walking down the street in Jeremie.

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In Jeremie, which has about 40,000 inhabitants, almost all homes suffered damage.

Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH

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Small towns along the western coast of Haiti suffered extreme damage from storm surge during Hurricane Matthew. This photo was tweeted by a United Nations aerial survey.

Logan Abassi/United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)

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After the storm passed Haitians laid out wet clothing and bedding to dry in the ruins of their homes.

Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH

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Homes by the sea were engulfed by storm surge from Hurricane Matthew

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A hillside on the outskirts of Jeremie.

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Wet clothes out to dry outside destroyed homes following the passage of Matthew.

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On the water front of Jeremie where houses were battered by the storm surge.

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The aerial view of a hillside near Jeremie airport about 20 minutes outsie the town.

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A school house on the outskirts of Jeremie was destroyed during the storm.

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A woman being transported across a river where a bridge collapsed near Petit Goave one and half hours from Port-au-Prince on the road to the southwest.

Logan Abassi