Haiti tries to get hurricane aid right, but cholera blamed on U.N. weighs

Damage is seen from the air along the west coast of Haiti. Logan Abassi, courtesy of UN/MINUSTAH

PORT-A-PIMENT, Haiti (Reuters) - Foreign medics with orange stretchers and gallons of chlorine are stemming a cholera outbreak on Haiti's hurricane-struck coast but the focus on a disease U.N. peacekeepers brought here six years ago is slowing the delivery of food and shelter for storm victims.  

Hurricane Matthew ripped through this southwestern region of Haiti last week, killing at least 1,000 people and leaving 1.4 million in need of aid, including hundreds of thousands made homeless. It also trashed crops and unleashed a new cholera surge.