Rescue workers in Haiti are struggling to reach parts of the country cut off by Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Caribbean storm in nearly a decade.
The hurricane has caused extensive damage in Haiti, killing at least 23 people. Another four also died in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.
A presidential election due this weekend in Haiti has been postponed.
The storm is now pounding the Bahamas. It is expected to intensify as it moves towards the US state of Florida.
Florida Governor Rick Scott said his state could be facing its biggest evacuation ever.
Hurricane Matthew battered a remote area of Haiti with winds of up to 230km/h (145mph) on Tuesday.
The country is one of the world’s poorest, with many residents living in flimsy housing in flood-prone areas.
Officials said they were not yet in a position to gauge the true extent of the damage – particularly in the Grand Anse area on the southern tip of the island, which was directly in the storm’s path.
A key bridge has been destroyed, roads are impassable and phone communications are down, officials said.
We only began to see the real destructive force of Hurricane Matthew once we moved towards the south-west of the country.
Trees fallen, banana crops uprooted and flattened, houses under water and men and women trying to get the debris out of the way.
It was noticeable how the people we passed were coping alone. There were no army or police around to help.
Even the aid agencies are struggling to move around this damaged corner of the country.
