Kamloops missionaries in Haiti survey Hurricane Matthew devastation
LE CAYES, HAITI — A Kamloops couple working as Christian missionaries in Haiti says the devastation from Hurricane Matthew is worse than what was left behind by the massive earthquake that hit the island nation in 2010.
Rod and Debbie Wray say the area of Haiti where their sports camp is located took the brunt of Matthew’s wrath.
“In our village, where the camp is located, only three homes remain standing,” said Rod Wray. “All the other homes – hundreds of Haitian homes – were all destroyed. And that is the report we’re getting of many towns in the south here, even further west of us, devastated.”
“The sports camp we have is right on the Caribbean, and it was right in the zone. I don’t think the eye passed over it but it was in the zone of the hurricane-force wind. So the whole town of Les Cayes, Torbeck, this whole southern area is just devastated. So, to me, this is far, far worse than the earthquake ever was.”