Images: Haiyan Devastation
A boy runs through the smoke of a cooking fire in the typhoon-shattered town of Guiuan, Philippines, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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A woman and her child plead from the frantic crowd to be prioritized on an evacuation flight in Tacloban, central Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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A Philippines rescue team wades into floodwaters to retrieve a body in the Typhoon Haiyan ravaged city of Tacloban, central Phillipines on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and killing thousands.
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Villagers, isolated by Typhoon Haiyan that hit the area a week ago, scramble for relief goods being dropped by Philippine Air Force Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 at La Paz, south of Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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A young girl walks amid ruins of houses in a neighborhood badly affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan, Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on last Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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An aerial view shows the coast affected by Typhoon Haiyan Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 in Hernani, eastern Samar, central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into 6 central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands of people displaced.
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Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan walk amid ruins of their homes in Maraboth, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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A young boy shields himself from the rain while waiting for an evacuation flight at the airport in Tacloban, central Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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A Filipino pedicab driver pedals past damaged homes at typhoon hit Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan shade themselves from the rising sun after spending the night on the tarmac in the airport in Tacloban, where they wait to be evacuated, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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A Filipino man walks among debris from damaged homes at typhoon-hit Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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Typhoon Haiyan survivors walk amid ruins of buildings in Maraboth, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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An aerial view shows the coast affected by Typhoon Haiyan is seen, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 in Hernani, eastern Samar, central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into 6 central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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Typhoon Haiyan survivors ride a tricycle in Guiuan, Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore across several islands in the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8.
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Typhoon survivors line up to get fuel from an abandoned filling station Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Aid has been slow to reach the half-million people displaced by the storm that tore across several islands in eastern Philippines last Friday.
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A young boy, a survivor of Typhoon Haiyan covers his ears as military C-130 aircraft land at the airport in Tacloban, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore across several islands in the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8.
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Toppled coconut dot the mountain in an area devastated by typhoon Haiyan in Leyte province, central Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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A Typhoon Haiyan survivor bathes in the ruins of his home in Guiuan, Philippines on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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A three-story structure is the only one left standing Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, following Fridays super typhoon that lashed Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, slammed into several central Philippine provinces Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands of people dead.
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Typhoon Haiyan survivors pass by on a scooter as two U.S. Osprey aircraft fly over the ruins of Tacloban, central Philippines on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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A Help sign is painted on the roof of a house in this aerial photo taken from a Philippine Air Force helicopter in an area devastated by typhoon in Palo, Leyte province, central Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A Typhoon Haiyan survivor cooks dinner in front of his damaged home in the village of Marabut, Samar Island, Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. As an international aid effort gathered steam, resilient Filipinos in battered towns started rebuilding their lives and those of their neighbors - with or without help from their government or foreign aid groups.
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An elderly woman is evacuated from the airport in Tacloban, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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A man takes a shower amid rubble in an area badly affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, central Philippines, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan sleep on the tarmac, where they have been waiting to be evacuated for days, early Friday morning, Nov. 15, 2013 in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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An aerial view shows signs for help and food amid the destruction left from Typhoon Haiyan in the coastal town of Tanawan, central Philippines, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands of people dead.
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A young survivor covers his face to avoid the stench of dead bodies on a main road in the typhoon-hit city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Central Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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A Philippine air crew member does pre-flight checks on a C-130 evacuation flight at the airport in Tacloban, central Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore across several islands in the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8.
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As the sun sets, it lights the sky over the area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban, central Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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En elderly woman peeks through a broken window of her house in a neighborhood badly affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan, Philippines, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on last Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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Young survivors of Typhoon Haiyan play with fallen power lines near a damaged school in Guiuan, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing at least a half-million people.
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Firemen carry the body of a Typhoon Haiyan victim to a mass grave in Tacloban city, in central Philippines, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of buildings and displacing at least a half-million people.
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A rainbow forms over the airport in Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines where survivors of Typhoon Haiyan wait to be evacuated early Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore across several islands in the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8.
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A military C-130 lands to evacuate survivors of Typhoon Haiyan at dusk, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the countrys eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
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