Adelaide's Anne Brown among thousands awaiting rescue from Typhoon Haiyan's devastation in Tacloban STOIC: Anne Brown waiting to be evacuated from Tacloban. Scene os devastation in Tacloban. Relief operations are stepped up in Tacloban, where bodies litter the streets, following the powerful typhoon which killed possibly 10,000 people in the city alone. SITTING stoically in the queue at Tacloban airport, Adelaide's Anne Brown is just one of thousands of people trying to escape the horrors left behind by Typhoon Haiyan. Mrs Brown says she lost everything when five-metre waves swept through the city, killing thousands and leaving behind a wasteland roamed by gangs of looters. Desperate to escape, mobs of survivors surged onto the tarmac on Tuesday, trying to board the commercial and private aircraft that began arriving. READ: Typhoon survivors flood hospital Mrs Brown, 80, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, told The Advertiser shewas hoping to catch a flight to Manila and then travel on to Adelaide. Her late husband, Jack Brown, was a member of an Australian code breaking unit that worked for General Douglas Macarthur in Tacloban in World War II. He was also a military historian and wrote a book on his experiences. The couple moved to the city two years ago to join their son Greg, who has a successful water ski business. But Mr Brown died shortly after they arrived and was buried in the city. Mrs Brown says she feels a strong attachment to the city and hasn't decided whether she will return. Recalling the height of the storm, she said the lash of water against their home "was like 80 aeroplane engines roaring." It is not known if Mrs Brown was able to find a flight out of the city yesterday.