Local humanitarian group tells of challenges in Haiti

A local humanitarian foundation who has sent a relief team to the Caribbean country say strong winds continue to persist. 

The Al-Imdaad Foundation says getting aid in the highly affected areas remains a challenge for its members due to the bad weather condition. 

The foundation's Ziaad Patel says more than a thousand people have been left homeless.

"It took our teams over 12 hours yesterday to get to an area called Jérémie and it took them very long to get there but they needed to get there because thousands of people were in need. The winds are still carrying on as we speak. They are still having bouts of strong winds. As immediate needs - we are providing food aid and clean drinking water,"  he said.  

More than a thousand people have died on the island since it was battered by the hurricane. 

Hurricane Matthew was a deadly tropical cyclone which became the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Felix in 2007. 

The hurricane caused heavy rains and major flooding in Haiti, Cuba, North and South Carolina and Jamaica. It claimed over a thousand lives and left scores of people homeless. 

The foundation has shared a video on its social media pages, WATCH BELOW: