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People try to cross the overflowing La Rouyonne river in the commune of Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, October 5, 2016. Weakened but still dangerous, Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas October 5, 2016 en route to an already jittery Florida after killing at least nine people in the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud and water.As it girded for its share of the region's worst storm in nearly a decade -- perhaps a direct hit as early as Thursday -- the Bahamas closed its main international airport and Nassau's port. Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba -- blasted by Matthew on October 4 -- began the messy and probably grim task of assessing the storm's toll. / AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)

People try to cross the overflowing La Rouyonne river in the commune of Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, October 5, 2016.
Weakened but still dangerous, Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas October 5, 2016 en route to an already jittery Florida after killing at least nine people in the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud and water.As it girded for its share of the region's worst storm in nearly a decade -- perhaps a direct hit as early as Thursday -- the Bahamas closed its main international airport and Nassau's port. Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba -- blasted by Matthew on October 4 -- began the messy and probably grim task of assessing the storm's toll.

 / AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL        (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)