A graveyard is inundated with floodwaters from the Lumber River on October 15, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew has been responsible for 26 deaths in the state.
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Jibrail Freeman inspects his flood damaged artwork from his front porch on October 15, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew has been responsible for 26 deaths in the state.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Harvey Wearnes paddles a canoe through a flooded street in his neighborhood on October 15, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew has been responsible for 26 deaths in the state.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Harvey Wearnes retrieves a tool from his flooded home on October 15, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew has been responsible for 26 deaths in the state.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Stefone Cromartie walks down a flooded street towards his home on October 15, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew has been responsible for 26 deaths in the state.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
A vehicle is partially submerged by floodwaters from the Lumber River on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains ended over the weekend, but flooding is still expected for days in North Carolina.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Vehicles are submerged vehicles at a Robeson County school parking lot on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains ended over the weekend, but flooding is still expected for days in North Carolina.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
A dog stands on top of a patio table in floodwaters from the Lumber River on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains ended over the weekend, but flooding is still expected for days in North Carolina.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Robert Addison, left cooks breakfast on a charcoal grill with his son, Artis Addison, on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains ended over the weekend, but flooding is still expected for days in North Carolina.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
A rescue team transports residents to dry land on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains ended over the weekend, but flooding is still expected for days in North Carolina.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Two men rescue a dog from floodwaters on October 12, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rains ended over the weekend, but flooding is still expected for days in North Carolina.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
A cat is stranded on a fence due to floodwaters from the Lumber River on October 11, 2016 in Fair Bluff, North Carolina. Thousands of homes have been damaged in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Matthew and many are still under threat of flooding.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
A building is inundated with floodwaters on October 10, 2016 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The death toll from Hurricane Matthew in the U.S. has climbed to over 20.
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Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Elmer McDonald braces himself on the handrail to his front steps as makes his way through a strong current in his front yard while returning to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested; McDonald was one of thousands who evacuated.
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AP Photo/Brian Blanco
After coming across a Jeep surrounded by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew, Elmer McDonald inspects the interior to make certain nobody was inside as he makes his way through a strong current after checking on his own mobile home for the first time on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested; McDonald was one of thousands who evacuated.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Cedric Blackmon, left, entertains neighbor Jaywuan McMillian, 13, by catching small fish and crawfish on a road covered in floodwater associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Janet Meier makes her way out of the floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew surrounding her home after retrieving a warm blanket and her laptop computer from her home on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew surround homes and an ambulance on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the number of power outages was down to about 55,000, from a high of nearly 900,000 when the storm hit last week.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew surround homes and a church sign Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the number of power outages was down to about 55,000, from a high of nearly 900,000 when the storm hit last week.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Residents use their boats to get through flood waters from the North East Cape Fear River in the Riverbend Subdivision off Hwy 53 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Flood waters from Hurricane Matthew are starting to crest in Burgaw, N.C. along Hwy 53 but are still heading down river towards Wilmington.
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Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP
A team from the ASPCA works to bring a dog named Caroline to dry land after rescuing the animal from a nearby home surrounded by floodwater associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. The society said it has helped nearly 1,000 animals in the Carolinas and Georgia since Hurricane Matthew struck last weekend.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Matthew covers Tick Bite Road in Grifton, Lenoir Countyn, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, near Kinston, N.C.
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Janet S. Carter/Daily Free Press via AP
Floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew cover a residential street on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory says 55,000 customers still have no electricity, but that’s down from nearly 900,000 at the height of Hurricane Matthew.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Lt. Mike Broadwell of the Greenville Police Department installs a No Trespassing sign near a neighborhood flooded by water associated with Hurricane Matthew, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Greenville, N.C.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Collin Perry and Chelsea Blazer arrive from a vacation to find that, unlike several neighbors down the street, their home had not been impacted by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew residents inspect flooding along the Tar River, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Greenville, N.C.
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AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Sandbags and no entry signs are seen in front of apartments located near the Tar River as floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew continue to rise on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Greenville, N.C.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Logan Baker surveys her neighborhood, flooded by water associated with Hurricane Matthew, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Greenville, N.C.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
Kyle Hawley, right, and roommate Trey Wood, pilot their boat through the streets of their neighborhood, flooded by water associated with Hurricane Matthew, as they gather belongings from their home, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Greenville, N.C.
(AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
AP Photo/Brian Blanco
In this photo provided by the Georgia Port Authority, The container ship MSC Kleven sails up the Savannah River to the Port of Savannah after it reopened following Hurricane Matthew in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The storm forced the nation’s fourth-busiest container port to shut down for several days during the peak season, when retailers are importing their holiday inventories.
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Stephen Morton/Georgia Port Authority via AP
Adam Brauns walks away from a house near the Tar River in Greenville, N.C., where he was using duct tape and sheets of plastic to seal off a crawl space on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Many houses and apartments near the river were already taking on water a day before the river swollen by Hurricane Matthew was forecast to crest on Thursday.
(AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)
AP Photo/Jonathan Drew
An apartment complex near the Tar River in Greenville, N.C., is seen surrounded by floodwaters on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Many houses and apartments near the river were already taking on water a day before the river swollen by Hurricane Matthew was forecast to crest on Thursday.
(AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)
AP Photo/Jonathan Drew
Fuel tanks are surrounded by devices to protect the fuel from escaping into the floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. People were ordered to evacuate, and officials warned that some communities could be cut off by washed out roads or bridge closures.
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
People look out towards West 5th Street that is covered by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane in Lumberton, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Gov. Pat McCrory says more damage is still to come for many people in the eastern part of North Carolina as the state faces its ninth day of Hurricane Matthew’s aftermath.
(AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
AP Photo/Mike Spencer
Workers with the City of Lumberton use boats to travel down West 5th Street to the cities water treatment plant through floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane in Lumberton, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016.
(AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
AP Photo/Mike Spencer
Workers with the City of Lumberton use boats to travel down West 5th Street to the city’s water treatment plant through floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane in Lumberton, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016.
(AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
AP Photo/Mike Spencer
People try to get off a boat carrying aid as national police arrive to secure the boat as it docks in Jeremie, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. The U.N. envoy for Haiti says the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing “a humanitarian tragedy and an acute emergency situation” with 1.4 million people needing immediate help.
(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
A herd of deer crosses a flooded Highway 9 near Nichols, S.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The town was hit with heavy flooding after Hurricane Matthew.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
United Nations police from Bangladesh deliver drinking water to residents of Sous-Roche village, outside Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Health authorities have warned that Hurricane Matthew has created conditions that are likely to cause an increase in the deadly waterborne cholera virus.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
A young child with an IV taped to his hand sits on his mother’s lap inside a cholera ward in Les Cayes Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Health authorities have warned that Hurricane Matthew has created conditions that are likely to cause an increase in the deadly waterborne cholera virus.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
Denise Jabon holds her 7-month-old son Yamson Casi, as he rests hooked up to an IV in a cholera ward in Les Cayes Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Health authorities have warned that Hurricane Matthew has created conditions that are likely to cause an increase in the deadly waterborne cholera virus.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
Nurse Mardi Rose Guerline adjusts the IV on 9-year-old Franzy Noel as his mother Geraldine Pierre looks on, in a cholera ward in Les Cayes Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Health authorities have warned that Hurricane Matthew has created conditions that are likely to cause an increase in the deadly waterborne cholera virus.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
Floodwaters surround street signs on Highway 9, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
A car is surrounded by floodwaters on Highway 9, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
A welcome sign is submerged in floodwaters in front of the Nichols Methodist Church on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
Floodwaters surround downtown Nichols, S.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
A man suffering from cholera receives treatment at a cholera center in Anse D’Hainault, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The U.N. said Hurricane Matthew has increased the risk of a “renewed spike” in the number of cholera cases.
(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
A doctor treats a cholera patient at a cholera center in Anse D’Hainault, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The U.N. said Hurricane Matthew has increased the risk of a “renewed spike” in the number of cholera cases.
(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
A lineman works to restore power lines near I-95 after the area was flooded by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016.
(AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
AP Photo/Mike Spencer
Danita Lynch takes a break from loading her mother’s belongings into a panel van to laugh at a joke from her brother in Greenville, N.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Her mother’s house is in an evacuation area near the Tar River.
(AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)
AP Photo/Jonathan Drew
A sign in French announcing a music concert sits among salvaged clothes drying on the remains of a home destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Port-a-Piment, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
A woman looks up as a worker uses salvaged sheets of mangled metal, full of holes, to create a makeshift roof atop her home damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in Port-a-Piment, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
Young men whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew peer out of a tent as they awake for the day in the courtyard of a school where they have sought shelter, in Port Salut, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water.
(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
Boys play soccer in front of a house that was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Dame-Marie, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water.
(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew cover Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
(AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
AP Photo/Mike Spencer
A swift water rescue team down a street covered by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
(AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
AP Photo/Mike Spencer
Sharon Kelsey, front, and her cousin, Pamela Williams, stand on the front port of the Victorian home in Savannah, Ga., where Kelsey lives in a first floor apartment Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. A large tree crashed across the front of the house as Hurricane Matthew raked the Georgia coast over the weekend. Matthew did extensive damage to the signature tree canopy in Savannah.
(AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
AP Photo/Russ Bynum
Tom Chickos, of Ashville, N.C. with Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, pulls a boat with kennels down Highway 9 on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
Nichols Methodist Church is seen under floodwaters on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
A Nichols town limit sign is seen surrounded by floodwater on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
Natalie McDowell, left, walks to her flooded home on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
A car is surrounded by floodwaters on Highway 9, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
People use a boat to navigate floodwaters on Highway 9, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
Debris and a pickup truck are submerged under floodwater on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
Nichols Methodist Church is seen under floodwaters on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
Downtown Nichols, S.C. is seen under floodwaters on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.
(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt
See more photos of Hurricane Matthew’s impact on the U.S.
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The damage from the hurricane extended beyond the U.S. See more photos.
Hurricane Matthew left behind devastating consequences. Towns in the U.S. are under water. In Haiti, there are worries about the deadly waterborne cholera virus.