UNITED NATIONS, United States, Oct 14, (APP/AFP): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Haiti on Saturday to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew as a UN funding appeal for the Caribbean nation drew few donors. Ban will visit Les Cayes on Haiti’s southern coast — one of the cities hardest-hit by Matthew — and meet with Haitian leaders, his office said. The United Nations has launched a flash appeal for $120 million to help Haiti cope with its worst humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. Only $6.1 million has been raised so far, equal to five percent of the total appeal, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. At least 473 people were killed when Matthew crashed ashore on October 4 as a monster Category 4 storm, packing winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour.
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UN chief to visit hurricane-hit Haiti as funding appeal falls short
