AD DOWN THE ROAD
FOR THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK.
>> Julie: THANK YOU, TOM.
SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.
LET'S FOCUS NOW ON HAITI WHERE
THE SLOW-MOVING STORM IS
EXPECTED TO DUMP ANYWHERE FROM
15 TO 25 INCHES OF RAIN.
WE'RE HEARING FOUR PEOPLE ARE
DEAD.
THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT OPENED
ROUGHLY 1300 EMERGENCY SHELTERS
THAT CAN HOLD UP TO 340,000
PEOPLE.
NEWS 6 REPORTER VANESSA ARAIZA
IS JOINING US LIVE IN VOLUSIA
COUNTY WHERE A LOCAL CHURCH HAS
MEMBERS IN HAITI.
THE CHURCH IS ALREADY LOOKING AT
WAYS THEY CAN HELP.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
I SPOKE WITH THE PASTOR EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON.
HE'S IN TALKS WITH PEOPLE WHO
CAN CHARTER THOSE FLIGHTS AND
HELP AFTER THAT STORM PASSES.
MEANWHILE, HE'S TRYING TO STAY
IN CONTACT WITH FRIENDS WHO ARE
HURRICANE MATTHEW'S PATH.
>>> HAITI HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE
FOR HIM.
HAVING BEEN THERE HALF A DOZEN
TIME FOR MISSION WORK, HE KNOWS
THE NEED THERE.
HE KNOWS THE NEED IS MOST LIKELY
GOING TO GROW.
>> THEIR HOUSES ARE TWIGS AND
MUG AND SHEET METAL AND PLASTIC.
IT'S JUST BASED ON WHATEVER YOU
CAN FIND OR SKAFAGE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE MAKING YOUR
HOUSE OUT OF.
THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO.
>> Reporter: THE CHURCH HAS BEEN
HELPING THE MISSIONARY WORK
THERE.
HE'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> THEY'RE MORE INLAND, 100 FEET
OFF THE WATER MAYBE.
BUT FRIENDS IN THE NORTHWEST
THEY HAVE A 3-FOOT SEAWALL.
AFTER THAT, THERE'S JUST NO --
THE HARDEST PART IS THERE'S
NOWHER TO GO.
>> Reporter: SOME RESIDENTS
DIDN'T KNOW A STORM WAS COMING
UNTIL CHURCH YESTERDAY.
>> WHEN YOU LIVE IN A THI
WORLD KIND OF COUNTRY, THEY
FOUND OUT AT CHURCH.
HEY, THERE'S A STORM COMING AND
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BAD.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE STORM
IS NOT SCARY ITSELF, IT'S WHAT
HAPPENS POST-HURRICANE MATTHEW.
>> FOR ME, WHERE DO YOU GO?
THERE'S NO PLACE TO GET
SUPPLIES.
IF YOU HAD MONEY, WHERE ARE YOU
GOING TO SPE IT TO BUY
SOMETHING.
IT'S NO HARDWARE STORE FOR
PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST DAY TO DAY SURVIVAL.
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, IT'S A
SIT AND WAIT GAME TO SEE WHAT
HURRICANE MATTHEW BRINGS IN THE
DESTRUCTION AFTER THE STORM
PASSES.
