Super typhoon aftermath

Published November 11, 2013
A man walks past debris of destroyed houses in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013 - Photo by AFP
A man walks past debris of destroyed houses in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013 - Photo by AFP
A pregnant woman cooks a meal inside a building overlooking destroyed houses after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines - Photo by Reuters
A pregnant woman cooks a meal inside a building overlooking destroyed houses after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines - Photo by Reuters
A woman mourns in front of her husband's dead body in a street of Tacloban - Photo by AFP
A woman mourns in front of her husband's dead body in a street of Tacloban - Photo by AFP
Residents cover their nose from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city - Photo by AP
Residents cover their nose from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city - Photo by AP
A boy who was wounded by flying debris due to Super Typhoon Haiyan stays at the ruins of his family's house in Tacloban city - Photo by Reuters
A boy who was wounded by flying debris due to Super Typhoon Haiyan stays at the ruins of his family's house in Tacloban city - Photo by Reuters
Residents force open a small grocery as they start to loot in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record,  slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead - Photo by AP
Residents force open a small grocery as they start to loot in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead - Photo by AP
Residents push dead bodies on a cart after strong waves caused by Typhoon Haiyan slammed into Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead - Photo by AP
Residents push dead bodies on a cart after strong waves caused by Typhoon Haiyan slammed into Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead - Photo by AP

One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines province of Leyte, a senior police official said on Sunday, with coastal towns and the regional capital devastated by huge waves. Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of the area in its path as it tore through the province on Friday, said chief superintendent Elmer Soria, a regional police director.

The Pentagon said it was providing the Philippines with naval and aviation resources in the wake of a devastating typhoon. The UN said that it expected the provisional 1,200 death toll from super typhoon Haiyan to rise and is sending emergency supplies to the stricken country.

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