A child waits with fellow typhoon survivors as they line up in the hopes of boarding an evacuation flight on a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies.
An aerial view of an area destroyed over the Leyte province.
An aerial view of buildings destroyed in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.
A body of a dead man is seen at the bay of Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013. A super typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, authorities said on November 10, which would make it the country's deadliest recorded natural disaster.
Filipino women pick their way through debris in the typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines, 17 November 2013. According to the national disaster relief agency, more than 3 million people have been displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck 08 November, flattening cities and towns in the eastern Philippines and killing at least 3,637 people.
An aerial view of a damaged houses of a typhoon devastated remote village in eastern Samar province, Philippines, 17 November 2013. According to the national disaster relief agency, nearly 4 million people have been displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck 08 November, flattening cities and towns in the eastern Philippines and killing at least 3,681 people.
People walk past a victim on the side of a street in the city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines, which was devastated by the typhoon.
City administrator Tecson Lim said the death toll in the Tacloban alone "could go up to 10,000." The city has a population of 200,000.