Entire cities destroyed after massive typhoon tore across The Philippines
An aerial view of the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan as it battered a town in Samar province in central Philippines Nov. 11, 2013.ERIK DE CASTRO/Reuters
Dazed survivors of a typhoon that swept through the central Philippines killing an estimated 10,000 people begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday, threatening to overwhelm military and rescue resources.ERIK DE CASTRO/Reuters
New-born baby Beatriz is held as mother Emily Ortega, 21, rests after giving birth at an improvised clinic at Tacloban airport Monday Nov. 11, 2013 in Tacloban city, Philippines.Bullit Marquez/The Associated Press
Beatriz was named after her grandmother Beatrice, who was missing following the onslaught of Typhoon Haiyan. Ortega was in an evacuation center when the storm surge hit and flooded the city. She had to swim to survive before finding safety at the airport.ERIK DE CASTRO/Reuters
Beatriz takes in the world as her mother (not pictured) recuperates at a makeshift birthing clinic in Tacloban city, Philippines.ERIK DE CASTRO/Reuters
A man carries water as he walks on a flooded street in Tacloban City after Typhoon Haiyan battered the country.EDGAR SU/Reuters
A road to the St. Rose of Lima Parish in Daanbantayan town, the northernmost town of Cebu province, is strewn with debris, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, two days after the Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines.Aledel Cuizon/The Associated Press
Beached cargo ships are seen four days after Typhoon Haiyan hit Anibong town, Tacloban City, Nov. 11, 2013.ROMEO RANOCO/Reuters
Residents walk past a cargo ship washed ashore in Tacloban City.ROMEO RANOCO/Reuters
A survivor salvages belongings from her damaged home in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban City. Authorities said at least 9 million people in 41 provinces had been affected by Friday's typhoon Haiyan and at least 23,000 houses had been damaged or destroyed.Aaron Favila/The Associated Press
A survivor writes a message on their port to call for help in Tacloban City.Aaron Favila/The Associated Press
A man walks home with his son Monday Nov. 11, 2013 following Friday's devastating typhoon that lashed Hernani township, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines. Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced an unimaginably huge recovery effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.Bullit Marquez/The Associated Press