The damage Typhoon Haiyan left in the Philippines (PHOTOS)
A resident holds a tattered national flag fluttering amongst debris in Hernani town, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on November 11, 2013, four days after Typhoon Haiyan hit the country. Philippines rescue workers struggled to bring aid to famished and destitute survivors on November 11 after the super typhoon that may have killed more than 10,000 people, in what is feared to be the country’s worst natural disaster.
US Marines on Monday joined a frantic effort to rescue famished survivors of a typhoon that may have killed 10,000 people in the Philippines, as the government declared a national emergency and security forces struggled to contain looting.
Three days after Super Typhoon Haiyan flattened entire towns across the central Philippines and left countless bodies scattered across wastelands, desperation was building with devastated communities devoid of food, water and medicine.
"My appeal to you all is: remaining calm, praying, cooperating with, and assisting one another are the things that will help us to rise from this calamity," President Benigno Aquino said.
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