. >>> gooevening. as you're about to hear, u. mane general said tod the people of the plippines don't have a week to wait. some don't even have days to spare. it underscores t monumental effort derway tonig to get help there despite huge obstacles and widespread devastation. take just the one areae have been focusing on f the last 24 hours, tacloban, a city of 200,000 people. this is what is left of the airport, the tower is out of commission. the is no radar, or aistairs to pull up to the planes. and air strips are too short to e accommodate jets, and that limits the numbe of flits in and out. and this is what is left of the city, water the key to surviv and the search for it is desrate. a second weaer system has come along and again drehed the area with heavy rains. the feared death toll has been downgraded, but of course ther is no wato know for sure. it's whe we begin our porting tonight before we hear from dr. nancy snydermann the medical effort, we begin with gus walker itacloban. >> reporter: the true extent of the devasta

. >> reporter: gooevening, brian. with roads blocked, ferries not running and airports closed, we jumped on a chopper and headed toacloban to check on the possibily of a developing health care crisis. from the air, weee stunning devastation. you pass over the mountas it looks like a major deforestation project. the trees are stripped. then y get into the fertil farming area and erything is flooded. villages along the cst wiped out by the massive tidal sur that left the city of tacloba in ruins. we made our way to divine word hospital, officily closed for business, but peopletill come. this doctor scrambled to save lis and medical supplies. >> we tried to salge what was left of the pharmacy. the emergency room. >> reporte the lobby has been converted into treatment area. with just bandas and antiseptic left, doctors and nurses can't handle more than simple cuts and abrasions. this woman arrived in labor. the stafis living on little sleep. you have no generator, no lights. there is no powerful lights or refrigerion and

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