Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 14 people as it battered the US east coast.
As the storm hit there were major floods and power outages in Florida, Georgia, and North and South Carolina.
Matthew - which was a category 5 storm when it hit Haiti last week killing nearly 900 people - has since been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone but at one point hit wind speeds of over 157mph.
Health officials in Haiti fear a surge in cholera cases in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
The storm has already killed more than 300 people in the Caribbean country and destroyed thousands homes.
Matthew also damaged Haiti's water supplies and sanitation systems, sparking fears of an outbreak in the potentially fatal bacterial infection - caused by consuming contaminated water.
Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, UN peacekeepers inadvertently introduced cholera to the country, killing at least 9,000 people and infected hundreds of thousands more.
Matthew - which was a category 5 storm when it hit Haiti last week killing nearly 900 people - made landfall in the States on Friday.
As Hurricane Matthew approaches Florida, its 140-mile-an-hour winds have already left behind a trail of destruction in Haiti.
Residents told to fully prepare for the arrival of the hurricane with warnings its impact could be "devastating".