Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption “An enormous four-metre storm surge swept into the coast, crushed all of these buildings”, reports Rupert Wingfield-Hayes 
 
 The authorities in the Philippines are struggling to bring relief to some of the areas worst affected by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the country. 
 
 Up to 10,000 are said to have died in Tacloban city and hundreds elsewhere. Hundreds of thousands are displaced. 
 
 The typhoon flattened homes, schools and an airport in Tacloban. 
 
 Relief workers are yet to reach some towns and villages cut off since the storm. 
 
 In many areas there is no clean water, no electricity and very little food. 
 
 Thousands of troops have been deployed to the disaster zones and military cargo planes are flying in supplies. However, rescuers are hampered by debris and damaged roads. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Jenny Dela Cruz has lost 11 members of her family including her two-year-old daughter, reports Jon Donnison 
 
 Pope Francis pleaded for aid for the victims in the mostly Catholic country, saying: "Sadly, there are many, many victims and the damage is huge. Let's try to provide concrete help." 
 
 US President Barack Obama issued a message saying he was "deeply saddened by the loss of life and extensive damage" and praising the "incredible resiliency of the Philippine people". 
 
 Typhoon Haiyan has now made landfall in Vietnam, near the tourist destination of Ha Long Bay, but as a much reduced Category One, with sustained winds of up to 140 km/h (85mph). 
 
 Some 600,000 people were evacuated in northern provinces. 
 
 'Not enough manpower' 
 
 The relief efforts in the Philippines are being focused on the eastern province of Leyte and its capital Tacloban. 
 
 But officials in the city said they were struggling to distribute aid, looting was widespread and order was proving difficult to enforce. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Footage emerged of people caught in floodwaters in Tacloban on Friday 
 
 In some areas, the dead are being buried in mass graves. 
 
 Houses have been flattened by the massive storm surge that accompanied Typhoon Haiyan. 
 
 "There is looting in the malls and large supermarkets. They are taking everything, even appliances like TV sets. These will be traded later on for food," said Tacloban city administrator Tecson John Lim. 
 
 "We don't have enough manpower. We have 2,000 employees but only about 100 are reporting for work. Everyone is attending to their families." 
 
 President Benigno Aquino, who has visited Tacloban, pledged to send 300 police and soldiers to "bring back peace and order". 
 
 But local residents fear for their safety. 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption An aerial shot shows the devastation in Tacloban 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption The storm was so powerful that it washed large ships ashore in the city 
 
 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A storm surge up to 10m high swept away vehicles 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Philippine President Benigno Aquino surveyed the damage at Tacloban airport 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption People have been struggling to find food and looting has been reported 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption The nearby town of Palo was also devastated 
 
 "Tacloban is totally destroyed. Some people are losing their minds from hunger or from losing their families," high school teacher Andrew Pomeda told AFP news agency. 
 
 "People are becoming violent. They are looting business establishments, the malls, just to find food, rice and milk... I am afraid that in one week, people will be killing from hunger." 
 
 Tacloban city First Philippines city to be liberated from the Japanese in World War II 
 
 US Gen Douglas MacArthur came ashore here in October 1944 
 
 Capital of liberated Philippines until February 1945 
 
 Childhood home of former First Lady Imelda Marcos, who was crowned the Rose of Tacloban at the age of 18 Philippine press shocked 
 
 The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports that the scene in Tacloban is one of utter devastation. 
 
 He says hundreds of people are at the airport, itself badly damaged, trying to get on a flight out of the city. 
 
 Philippine Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said the scale of the relief operation that was now required was overwhelming, with some places described as a wasteland of mud and debris. 
 
 "From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometre inland, there are no structures standing. It was like a tsunami," he told Reuters. 
 
 A UN official who arrived in Tacloban on Saturday, Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, said he was told there had been a 3m (10ft) water surge through the city, in places up to 10m. 
 
 Deadly typhoons Sept 1937 Hong Kong typhoon - 11,000 dead 
 
 - 11,000 dead Sept 1959 Typhoon Vera - deadliest to hit Japan, killing 5,238 people 
 
 - deadliest to hit Japan, killing 5,238 people Aug 1975 Typhoon Nina - about 229,000 die in China after collapse of Banqiao dam 
 
 - about 229,000 die in China after collapse of Banqiao dam Nov 1991 Typhoon Thelma - deadliest in the Philippines to date, killing 5-8,000 
 
 Meanwhile Leo Dacaynos, an official in Eastern Samar province, told local radio 300 people had been found dead in a single town, Basey, with another 2,000 missing and many injured. 
 
 Communication is still limited in many areas. 
 
 In Guiuan, a town of 40,000 people near where the typhoon made landfall, television footage showed flattened houses and roads strewn with debris. 
 
 One woman told the ABS-CBN channel: "I have no house, I have no clothes. I don't know how I will restart my life... I don't know what happened to us. We are appealing for help. Whoever has a good heart, I appeal to you - please help Guiuan." 
 
 The town of Baco, in Oriental Mindoro province, to the north-west, is said to be 80% under water. 
 
 The latest report from the Philippines' Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council confirmed 229 deaths as of 11:00 GMT on Sunday. It said almost 630,000 people had been reported displaced. 
 
 The Philippines has been offered aid from overseas: 
 
 US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US was delivering helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and search and rescue equipment on request 
 
 The European Commission released 3m euros ($4m; £2.5m) in emergency funds and is sending a team of humanitarian experts 
 
 The UK Rapid Response Facility is to provide £5m ($8m) in aid and a £600,000 shipment of emergency equipment. A team of four experts is already in the disaster zone 
 
 The UN is to provide tents, food and relief supplies 
 
 Typhoon Haiyan - one of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall - swept through six central Philippine islands on Friday. 
 
 It brought sustained winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275 km/h (170 mph), with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places. ||||| Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption ''We are so very hungry and thirsty'' one survivor told the BBC's Jon Donnison in Tacloban 
 
 The head of the Red Cross in the Philippines has described the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan as "absolute bedlam". 
 
 Officials estimate up to 10,000 people have died in Tacloban city and elsewhere. Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. 
 
 Rescue efforts are being hindered by damage to roads and airports. 
 
 The storm has now made landfall in north Vietnam, near the Chinese border, but has weakened to a tropical storm. 
 
 One of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall, Haiyan - named "Yolanda" by Filipino authorities - barrelled into the eastern coastal provinces of Leyte and Samar on Friday. 
 
 It then headed west, sweeping through six central Philippine islands. 
 
 Supplies 
 
 At the scene Tacloban has been flattened. Driving down the main high street, hardly a single building is left standing. People say this town was hit by a wall of water when the typhoon hit on Friday. There is the stench of rotting corpses. Driving in from the airport, we saw scores of bodies lying by the roadside. For three days they have been there, with no one to bury them. People are desperate for food, clean water and shelter. At the badly battered airport, a makeshift hospital has been set up. We saw two young women giving birth, laid out among the debris. Aid is getting in, but slowly. And this is just one town, in one province. No-one knows the full extent of the devastation elsewhere. 
 
 More than nine million people have been affected in the Philippines. Many are now struggling to survive without food, shelter or clean drinking water. 
 
 A picture is slowly emerging of the full damage wrought by the storm: 
 
 The exposed easterly town of Guiuan, Samar province - population 40,000 - is said to be largely destroyed 
 
 province - population 40,000 - is said to be largely destroyed Tacloban, Leyte province, was largely flattened by a massive storm surge and scores of corpses are piled by the roadside, leaving a stench in the air as they rot, say correspondents. Hundreds of people have gathered at the airport desperate for food and water, others trying to get a flight out 
 
 province, was largely flattened by a massive storm surge and scores of corpses are piled by the roadside, leaving a stench in the air as they rot, say correspondents. Hundreds of people have gathered at the airport desperate for food and water, others trying to get a flight out Disaster worker Dennis Chong told the BBC that assessments in the far north of Cebu province had shown some towns had suffered "80-90% damage" 
 
 province had shown some towns had suffered "80-90% damage" Baco, a city of 35,000 in Oriental Mindoro province, was 80% under water, the UN said. 
 
 A huge international relief effort is under way, but rescue workers have struggled to reach some towns and villages cut off since the storm. 
 
 People are not receiving food or water... I'm worried it may become a mob situation - we need the military to get there as soon as possible Kevin Vacca, US missionary, Maya, northern Cebu US missionary delivers aidSurvivor's story 
 
 "There's an awful lot of casualties, a lot of people dead all over the place, a lot of destruction," Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross, told the BBC. 
 
 "It's absolute bedlam right now, but hopefully it will turn out better as more and more supplies get into the area." 
 
 "The situation is bad: the devastation has been significant. In some cases the devastation has been total," Secretary to the Cabinet Rene Almendras told a news conference. 
 
 Mr Gordon said roads had now been cleared to allow relief workers to get to some of the hardest hit areas, but that they expected to find many more casualties. 
 
 "It's only now that they were able to get in and we're beginning just to bring in the necessary food items... as well as water and other things that they need." 
 
 Forecasters predicted a tropical depression would move into the south and central Philippines on Tuesday, potentially bringing heavy rains that would further hamper relief efforts. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Aerial footage shows devastation in Tanauan, Tacloban and Cebu 
 
 Jane Cocking, the humanitarian director for Oxfam, said her colleagues witnessed "complete devastation... entire parts of the coastline just disappeared, and sizable trees just bent over and [were] thrown about like matchsticks." 
 
 A Philippine military spokesman was quoted as saying on Monday that 942 people had died in the typhoon's aftermath, though it is clear the official death toll will rise significantly. 
 
 Almost 630,000 people have been reported displaced. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Three days after Typhoon Haiyan hit, aerial photos are revealing a scene of apocalyptic devastation along a swathe of the central Philippines. 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Among the hardest hit places was the city of Tacloban, where the ferocity of the storm waves swept this ship ashore. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption A 21-year-old woman lies exhausted on the debris-covered floor at a makeshift medical facility in Tacloban after giving birth to a baby girl. The storm surge swept away her mother. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption In Manila, Philippine and US military personnel load relief goods for Tacloban. International rescue teams are heading for the area. 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption The typhoon - now downgraded to a tropical storm - has reached Vietnam, where hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. 
 
 'Unprecedented' storm 
 
 Some are questioning what more authorities could have done to prepare for this, just the latest in a string of disasters to hit the nation of more than 7,000 islands. 
 
 The world has not seen a storm like this before Senen Mangalile, Philippines Consul General to the UK Your pictures: DevastationUK aid for victims 
 
 Authorities had evacuated hundreds of thousands of people before the typhoon arrived, but many evacuation centres - schools, churches and government buildings - proved unable to withstand the winds and storm surges. 
 
 Many survivors in stricken areas heeded official urgings to stockpile supplies - but found that they were washed away along with the rest of their possessions. 
 
 Haiyan brought sustained winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275 km/h (170 mph), with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places. 
 
 "The world has not seen a storm like this before," said Senen Mangalile, the Philippines Consul General to the UK. 
 
 Steven Godby, a disaster management expert at Nottingham Trent University, told the BBC the typhoon was "probably the most intense and strongest storm of this type to make landfall". 
 
 International aid Australia : Aus$10m ($9.4m; £5.8m), including medical personnel 
 
 : Aus$10m ($9.4m; £5.8m), including medical personnel China : $200,000 (£125,000) 
 
 : $200,000 (£125,000) European Commission : 3m euros (£2.5m; $4m) 
 
 : 3m euros (£2.5m; $4m) Indonesia : Aircraft, personnel, drinking water, food, generators, medicine 
 
 : Aircraft, personnel, drinking water, food, generators, medicine Japan : 25 emergency medical personnel 
 
 : 25 emergency medical personnel New Zealand : NZ$2.15m (£1.1m) 
 
 : NZ$2.15m (£1.1m) Taiwan : $200,000 
 
 : $200,000 UK : £6m ($9.6m) non-food aid package 
 
 : £6m ($9.6m) non-food aid package UN World Food Programme : an initial $2m 
 
 : an initial $2m US : 90 marines and sailors; emergency food, water, shelter and hygiene materials 
 
 : 90 marines and sailors; emergency food, water, shelter and hygiene materials Vietnam: $100,000 This list is not comprehensive 
 
 "We've seen storms like this perhaps on rare occasions that have had that kind of intensity out at sea but for it to come ashore with that kind of strength is almost unprecedented," Dr Godby said. 
 
 Officials said looting was widespread and order was proving difficult to enforce, but correspondents say many ordinary people are simply scavenging for the food and water needed to survive. 
 
 Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to try to restore order in Tacloban, but one resident told AFP that people were becoming violent out of desperation. 
 
 "I am afraid that in one week, people will be killing from hunger," secondary school teacher Andrew Pomeda, 36, said on Sunday. 
 
 Philippine President Benigno Aquino said there was a possibility that martial law or a state of emergency would be declared in the city. 
 
 In some areas, the dead are being buried in mass graves. 
 
 American military aircraft and ships are being deployed to provide help. Aid is being flown into the only regional international airport at Cebu, with relief efforts focusing on Tacloban. 
 
 Deadly typhoons Sept 1937 Hong Kong typhoon - 11,000 dead 
 
 - 11,000 dead Sept 1959 Typhoon Vera - deadliest to hit Japan, killing 5,238 people 
 
 - deadliest to hit Japan, killing 5,238 people Aug 1975 Typhoon Nina - about 229,000 die in China after collapse of Banqiao dam 
 
 - about 229,000 die in China after collapse of Banqiao dam Nov 1991 Typhoon Thelma - deadliest in the Philippines to date, killing 5-8,000 
 
 US President Barack Obama has issued a message saying he was "deeply saddened by the loss of life and extensive damage". 
 
 Other countries have also pledged millions of dollars in assistance. Australia has approved $9m in humanitarian aid to the Philippines, while New Zealand has pledged over $1m. 
 
 Kristalina Georgieva, the EU humanitarian aid commissioner, said relief efforts would be guided by three priorities: to establish access, then offer immediate aid, then shelter. 
 
 Typhoon Haiyan has now made landfall in Vietnam, near the tourist destination of Ha Long Bay, with sustained winds of up to 140 km/h (85mph). 
 
 Some 600,000 people were evacuated in northern provinces of the country. ||||| Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from Tacloban where families have to bury their own dead 
 
 Philippine President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity to speed relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. 
 
 In a statement, he said the two worst affected provinces, Leyte and Samar, had suffered massive destruction and loss of life. 
 
 Thousands of survivors are still desperately waiting for the aid effort to reach them. 
 
 At least 10,000 people are feared to have been killed. 
 
 Tacloban is one of the worst affected cities. The BBC's Jon Donnison, who is there, says there does not yet seem to be an effective operation to get help to those in need. 
 
 This is expected to change over the next few days, he says. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption "One shirt. That's all I'm asking for": The BBC hears survivors' stories 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The BBC's George Alagiah reports from a makeshift distribution centre at Manila airport 
 
 Hundreds of thousands more people have been displaced after the high winds and floodwaters destroyed their homes. Damage to roads and airports has delayed the delivery of aid. 
 
 The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the UN would launch a large-scale humanitarian plan on Tuesday. He called for UN member states to show solidarity with the people of the Philippines. 
 
 Auntie, we need help! Please! We are okay but the house is destroyed Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors' stories 
 
 "We have all seen the heartbreaking images of the impact of this huge storm," he said. 
 
 One of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall, Haiyan - named "Yolanda" by Philippine authorities - struck the coastal provinces of Leyte and Samar on Friday. 
 
 It then headed west, sweeping through six central Philippine islands. 
 
 Struggle 
 
 More than nine million people have been affected in the Philippines. Many are now struggling to survive without food, shelter or clean drinking water. 
 
 A picture is slowly emerging of the full damage wrought by the storm: 
 
 The exposed easterly town of Guiuan, Samar province - population 40,000 - is said to be largely destroyed 
 
 province - population 40,000 - is said to be largely destroyed Three-hundred people were killed in the town of Basey, also in Samar , the provincial disaster office confirmed 
 
 , the provincial disaster office confirmed Tacloban, Leyte province, was largely flattened by a massive storm surge and scores of corpses are piled by the roadside, leaving a stench in the air as they rot. Hundreds of people gathered at the airport desperate for food and water, others trying to get a flight out 
 
 province, was largely flattened by a massive storm surge and scores of corpses are piled by the roadside, leaving a stench in the air as they rot. Hundreds of people gathered at the airport desperate for food and water, others trying to get a flight out Disaster worker Dennis Chong told the BBC that assessments in the far north of Cebu province had shown some towns had suffered "80-90% damage" 
 
 province had shown some towns had suffered "80-90% damage" Baco, a city of 35,000 in Oriental Mindoro province, was 80% under water, the UN said. 
 
 A huge international relief effort is under way, but rescue workers have struggled to reach areas cut off since the storm. 
 
 However, reports from Tacloban say soldiers have been distributing food and water to some residents and the US military has sent marines to the city. 
 
 The head of the Philippine Red Cross, Richard Gordon, described the situation as "absolute bedlam". 
 
 "It's only now that they were able to get in and we're beginning just to bring in the necessary food items... as well as water and other things that they need," he told the BBC. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Aerial footage shows devastation in Tanauan, Tacloban and Cebu 
 
 Jane Cocking, the humanitarian director for Oxfam, said her colleagues witnessed "complete devastation". 
 
 A Philippine military spokesman was quoted as saying on Monday that 942 people had died in the typhoon's aftermath, though it is clear the official death toll will rise significantly. 
 
 Some 660,000 people have been displaced, according to UN figures, among a total of 9.8 million affected. 
 
 The UN's Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, was is her way to the Philippines. 
 
 A priority of the UN's response teams once on the ground would be the burial of bodies to meet concerns about public health, UN humanitarian official John Ging said. 
 
 "We are certainly expecting the worst," he added. "As we get more and more access we find the tragedy of more and more people killed in this typhoon." 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Three days after Typhoon Haiyan hit, aerial photos are revealing a scene of apocalyptic devastation along a swathe of the central Philippines. 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption The storm flattened houses, leaving thousands homeless in many areas. 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption In Tacloban, one of the worst hit cities, the storm washed ships ashore. 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption A 21-year-old woman lies exhausted on the debris-covered floor at a makeshift medical facility in Tacloban after giving birth to a baby girl. The storm surge swept away her mother. 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption The storm, by now much weaker, hit Vietnam in Ha Long City, causing damage and some casualties. 
 
 'Unprecedented' storm 
 
 Some are questioning what more authorities could have done to prepare for this, just the latest in a string of disasters to hit the nation of more than 7,000 islands. 
 
 Authorities had evacuated hundreds of thousands of people before the typhoon arrived, but many evacuation centres - schools, churches and government buildings - proved unable to withstand the winds and storm surges. 
 
 International aid Australia : Aus$10m ($9.4m; £5.8m), including medical personnel 
 
 : Aus$10m ($9.4m; £5.8m), including medical personnel China : $200,000 (£125,000) 
 
 : $200,000 (£125,000) European Commission : 3m euros (£2.5m; $4m) 
 
 : 3m euros (£2.5m; $4m) Indonesia : Aircraft, personnel, drinking water, food, generators, medicine 
 
 : Aircraft, personnel, drinking water, food, generators, medicine Japan : 25 emergency medical personnel 
 
 : 25 emergency medical personnel New Zealand : NZ$2.15m (£1.1m) 
 
 : NZ$2.15m (£1.1m) Taiwan : $200,000 
 
 : $200,000 UK : £10m ($15m) non-food aid package 
 
 : £10m ($15m) non-food aid package UN: central emergency relief fund: $25m 
 
 central emergency relief fund: $25m US : At least 180 marines and sailors, transporter planes, emergency food, water, shelter and hygiene materials 
 
 : At least 180 marines and sailors, transporter planes, emergency food, water, shelter and hygiene materials Vietnam: $100,000 This list is not comprehensive 
 
 Haiyan brought sustained winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275 km/h (170 mph) and waves as high as 15m (45ft). In some places, as much as 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain fell. 
 
 Officials said looting was widespread and order was proving difficult to enforce. Correspondents say many ordinary people are simply scavenging for the food and water needed to survive. 
 
 In some areas, the dead are being buried in mass graves. 
 
 American military aircraft and ships are being deployed to provide help. Aid is being flown into the only regional international airport at Cebu, with relief efforts focusing on Tacloban. 
 
 Other countries have also pledged millions of dollars in assistance. Britain is earmarking £10m ($15); Australia has approved $9m in humanitarian aid to the Philippines; while New Zealand has pledged over $1m. 
 
 Typhoon Haiyan later made landfall in Vietnam, near the tourist destination of Ha Long Bay, with sustained winds of up to 140 km/h (85mph). 
 
 Despite losing much of its strength, the storm still felled trees and damaged buildings, with reports of some casualties. 
 
 Some 600,000 people were evacuated in northern provinces of the country. ||||| Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from the airport at Tacloban: ''A scene of complete devastation'' 
 
 Around 10,000 people may have died in just one area of the Philippines hit by Typhoon Haiyan, according to officials. 
 
 One of the worst storms on record, it destroyed homes, schools and an airport in the eastern city of Tacloban. 
 
 Neighbouring Samar island was also badly affected, with reports of 300 people dead and 2,000 missing. 
 
 The Philippine government has so far only confirmed the deaths of 151 people throughout the country, but hundreds of thousands have been displaced. 
 
 The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports that the scene in Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province, is one of utter devastation. 
 
 Houses in Tacloban have been flattened by the massive storm surge that accompanied Typhoon Haiyan. 
 
 There's no clean water, no electricity and very little food. 
 
 City officials said they were struggling to distribute aid and that looting was widespread. 
 
 In some areas, the dead are being buried in mass graves. 
 
 Our correspondent says hundreds of people are at the airport, itself badly damaged, trying to get on a flight out of Tacloban. 
 
 The typhoon is now bearing down on Vietnam. More than 600,000 people have been evacuated in northern provinces. 
 
 At least four people were reported killed there, apparently while trying to escape the storm. 
 
 The BBC Weather Centre says the typhoon is expected to make landfall south of Hanoi on Monday afternoon local time (between 03:00 and 09:00 GMT), although it will have decreased markedly in strength. 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption The storm was so powerful that it washed large ships ashore in the city of Tacloban 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Homes were flattened in much of the city 
 
 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Many people in Tacloban have been made homeless 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption The scene resembled the aftermath of a tsunami 
 
 Image copyright AP Image caption People have been struggling to find food 
 
 Relief operation 
 
 Philippine Interior Secretary Mar Roxas says the scale of the relief operation that is now required is overwhelming, with some places described as a wasteland of mud and debris. 
 
 "From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometre inland, there are no structures standing. It was like a tsunami," he told Reuters news agency. 
 
 "I don't know how to describe what I saw. It's horrific." 
 
 A UN official who arrived in Tacloban on Saturday, Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, said he was told there had been a 3m (10ft) water surge through the city, in places up to 10m. 
 
 "Vehicles thrown up against walls, telegraph poles down, roads blocked. It's a pretty grim situation all the way round," he told the BBC. 
 
 Tecson Lim, city administrator of Tacloban, told the Associated Press that the death toll in the city alone "could go up to 10,000". 
 
 Police chief Elmer Soria said about 70% to 80% of the area in the path of the storm in Leyte province was destroyed. 
 
 He said most of the deaths were from drowning or collapsed buildings. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Faith Pelies: "I told [my husband], 'Just save our baby and forget me'" 
 
 "Tacloban is totally destroyed. Some people are losing their minds from hunger or from losing their families," high school teacher Andrew Pomeda told AFP news agency. 
 
 "People are becoming violent. They are looting business establishments, the malls, just to find food, rice and milk... I am afraid that in one week, people will be killing from hunger." 
 
 Meanwhile Leo Dacaynos, an official in Eastern Samar province, told local radio 300 people had been found dead in a single town, Basey, with another 2,000 missing and many injured. 
 
 Communication is still limited in many areas. 
 
 The latest report from the Philippines' Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council confirmed 151 deaths as of 22:00 GMT on Saturday. It said almost 480,000 people had been reported displaced. 
 
 Thousands of troops have been deployed to the disaster zones. However, rescuers are struggling to get to remote areas, hampered by debris and damaged roads. 
 
 Deadliest typhoons in recent history Sept 1937 Hong Kong typhoon - 11,000 dead 
 
 - 11,000 dead Sept 1959 Typhoon Vera - deadliest to hit Japan, killing 5,238 people 
 
 - deadliest to hit Japan, killing 5,238 people Aug 1975 Typhoon Nina - about 229,000 die in China after collapse of Banqiao dam 
 
 - about 229,000 die in China after collapse of Banqiao dam Nov 1991 Typhoon Thelma - deadliest in the Philippines to date, killing 5-8,000 
 
 The Philippines has been offered aid from the following: 
 
 US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US was delivering helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and search and rescue equipment on request 
 
 The European Commission released 3m euros ($4m; £2.5m) in emergency funds and is sending a team of humanitarian experts 
 
 The UK Rapid Response Facility is to provide £5m ($8m) in aid and a £600,000 shipment of emergency equipment. A team of four experts is already in the disaster zone 
 
 The UN is to provide tents, food and relief supplies 
 
 Typhoon Haiyan - one of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall - swept through six central Philippine islands on Friday. 
 
 It brought sustained winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275 km/h (170 mph), with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places.
– In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, President Benigno Aquino has today declared a "state of national calamity," which will speed up the release of emergency funds and set price controls on grocery staples. Outside help is beginning to reach parts of the central Philippines, as more horrific stories of the monster storm emerge—along with one of hope: The much-suffering Tacloban, where authorities fear the death toll could be as high as 10,000, experienced the smallest bit of good news today: A 21-year-old survivor gave birth to a baby girl at the city's airport. Cheers broke out when the healthy baby was delivered to Emily Ortega, who had to swim and cling to a post to survive when the storm surge flooded the emergency center she was in. The AFP reports the child has been named Bea Joy, after Ortega's mother, Beatriz, who was swept away by the waters. The US military has sent water, generators, and a contingent of around 90 Marines and sailors to Tacloban, the AP reports. They are at the forefront of a major international relief mission centered on the city, where few buildings are left standing and corpses are scattered in the streets. The Philippine military has sent soldiers to the city amid reports that desperate survivors have attacked trucks (including, reportedly, a Red Cross truck) carrying food and water. A survivor in Tacloban describes a desperate fight to stay alive after the storm flooded her home, drowning her mother and brother. "The hardest thing is ... seeing your mother floating in the flood and you don't know what to do. You just see (her) there and the only thing is you have to save yourself," Maryann Tayag tells USA Today. "I could not save her because she drowned already, and it was not just water from the sea but mixed with dirty water—black, like it came from river and smell like canal." The UN estimates 620,000 people were displaced by the typhoon, which caused a surge of debris-choked seawater that resembled a tsunami, Reuters reports. The BBC shares more numbers: Wind gusts hit 170mph, and waves reached as high as 45 feet; as much as 15.75 inches of rain fell in places. One disaster management expert has this to say: Haiyan was "probably the most intense and strongest storm of this type to make landfall." The confirmed death toll was at 942 as of this morning, reports the AP, though that number is expecting to grow much larger. With 41 of the country's 80 provinces hurting in the wake of the storm, rescue workers are struggling to reach devastated areas. Officials have been unable to contact Guiuan, a town of 40,000 people that was one of the first in the typhoon's path. Haiyan, which has now weakened to a tropical storm, still packed a punch as it made landfall in northern Vietnam today, with winds approaching 100mph, the BBC reports. Some 600,000 people have been evacuated and there are fears of widespread flooding in Hanoi. Vietnamese authorities say 11 people have been killed, including people killed during preparations for the storm.