The US is on high alert after hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, left a wave of destruction in Haiti. <br /><br /> The powerful storm has wreaked havoc on the Caribbean country, making it the worst humanitarian crisis to hit the Island since the 2010 earthquake. <br /><br /> The hurricane also battered Cuba’s north-east coast early on Wednesday, though so far it doesn’t appear to have caused the same damage inflicted on Haiti. <br /><br /> With winds of around 230 kilometres per hour Matthew is barreling towards the Bahamas and the US coast, where warnings are in place. <br /><br /> Despite being downgraded from a four, to a category three storm, residents in Florida have been stocking up for the storm’s arrival. <br /><br /> The US state of South Carolina is also preparing to evacuate more than million people with Matthew predicted to pass over there later this week.<br />
