what's the impact been of typhoon haiyan been on your conference? >> it's made a big impression because the opening ceremony was actually quite emotional because the philippines delegate talked 15 minutes about the typhoon, and there were three minutes of silence in the room, so it was quite an emotional start for sure. >> does it have the on ability to change the deliberations that go on in warsaw? make more urgency in your consultation? >> well, you know i'm a physicist, i'm not a psychologist, so i don't know, but i think every human being must have been moved by what we heard and what we learned over the last few days. i hope the understanding of the impacts of weather events, whether they are influential not by climate change is a bit difficult to be affirmative, as you said, but it's the severity of impact of such weather events and the vulnerability of populations to such events. i think it should give negotiators here an additional impetus to reach an agreement . >> professor, it's long been reported that what already has been put in the atm

all the cruel calling cards of supertyphoon haiyan. winds driving rain up to 159 miles-per-hour, left behind wastelands. ace hundreds are known dead with the toll likely to soar into the thousands. >> we just made a mass grave for 57 people who died, says the mayor of this town. that number is going do increase. the storm made this chapel a morgue. relatives looking for lost loved ones pray not to find them here. giant waves wash this huge ship ashore, and storm surges as high as 20 feet are feared to have swept many victims out to sea. others believed lost under mounds of debris. soldiers desperately search for life beneath this block of cement. for some it was too late. hundreds of thousands are going to relief centers, desperate for necessities. >> we need food, clothes, weather says this man. it should be given towels immediately. 90 u.s. marines arrived from japan with supplies for victims of the storm and to help in search and rescue efforts. with so much of the philippines still flooded and electricity and communication cut and

president obama issued a statement about typhoon haiyan. he said, "i know the incredible resiliency of the philippine people and i'm confident the spirit will see you through this tragedy." the united states is providing significant humanitarian assistance and we stand to assist the government's relief and recovery. now the storms have passed the philippines, officials are travelling to areas to see how bad it is. marga ortigas is showing us what they see when they get there >> reporter: survivors walk through what is left of their town, in shock at how quickly their town was turned upside down. thousands are missing. many areas are unreachable. >> many are missing, and those confirmed killed. that is a concern. report -- >> reporter: the extent of the def station is difficult. roads are impassable. emergency personnel are having to walk for hours to reach survivors with aid. the storm hit friday, for many victims there's no access. looting has become a problem. displaced residents struggled to find food and clean water. >> translation: wha

they will take your donations right now to help the victims of typhoon haiyan. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> bay area, this is your chance to help the victims of typhoon haiyan. volunteers it standing by to take your donations at 1-888-5- helps-u. coming up, we are going to talk to a volunteer here who has relatives in the philippines. >> reporter: a suspected drunk driver hits a power pole knocking out power to thousands. we are live in a dark neighborhood this morning. >> chp arrive on the scene of a new crash this is in hayward southbound 880 by "a" street causing delays. we'll have the also on your morning drive coming up. >> and we are looking at a thick fog settling in around the bay area. delays at sfo right now and, of course, a little dangerous on the roads. more coming up. right now, it wasn't too long ago when our super typhoon one of the strongest in history made landfall in the philippines. now we're trying to do something to make a difference. we want to talk to michelle about that right now. >> reporter: lawrence, the great thing

nationwide the death toll from the typhoon haiyan is at 4,000 with 1,500 still missing. there is fear some islands have not been reaches ten days after the disaster. this morning, the united states is pledging an additional $10 million in aid. at the main airport in tacloban water and rice are ready for distribution. >> so much devastation and certainly grab the attention of the world. people from all over, including in the bay area, are doing what they can to help the victims of the devastating typhoon haiyan. we are team up with the american red cross to collect donations for the relief effort. our anchor, eric thomas, is

we were one of them right at the eye of haiyan's wrath. now we are trying to make our way out of this place, this is what a little over three hours of the wrath of typhoon haiyan has brought in to this town of tacloban. this place has become a ghost town. just a few hours ago, we were ourselves caught up in the middle of what is considered the most powerful typhoon in the world this year. it was hard because at some point we were preparing for a live and all of a sudden the water started going up and before we knew it, we were by the ceiling clinging for our lives. it's a miracle that we survived. and what we really need to do now is make our way out of here, there is nothing left only destruction and death. it was the world's most powerful typhoon on record. and the damage for a small province like this is unprecedented. the governor says he fears that at least 20,000 people are dead. and those who survived face far more difficult days ahead. the entire province is isolated. thousands have been left homeless and are not sure exactly where

haiyan now at vietnam after ravaging the philippines.urvivors wait for help some people have now taken matters in their own hands. our coverage begins with al jazeera. >> reporter: this building behind me shows you the devastation that this storm caused. the supermarket that has completely collapsed in the strong winds and storm surge when it hit on friday but it is a very good example of the desperation shown by the people who live here in tacloban a lot of looting going on, a lot of food from the supermarket has already been taken. so people are now focusing on really whatever else they can get their hands on. picking through the remains of the supermarket, trying to get their hands on whatever food, perhaps water that may remain there. those are the essential items that people are telling us that they still really need and they're not getting quick enough from the government, from the military. that is food, walter, and shelter. if you come around here you can see the desperation situations that people are in. people finding whatever

in the meantime, china also basing for haiyan's hit.t typhoon winds.till packing strong it is expected to pick up strength ove the south cna sea as well. for the latest updates on the typhoon as well as information on h you can donate to the region, go to nbc bay ea.com. >> n this morning, policeay a man from the bay are is under arrest in los angelesor allegedly brandishing aun at l.a.x.exactly a week after a gunman sho and killed a tsa agent inse terminal three. authities say that suspected is a 27-year-old man from san released.name is not being airport poce say he took a handgun out of his check bag after picking up h ggage. limo driver called to report his psenger had a weapon. the lapd bomb squad found a small nd gun that was unloaded. it was legal but he gotut of trouble when he too it out o his bag. airport officials say n fligh were delayed or cancelled because of this incident. >> the mother of the -year-old who was burned while riding o an ac transit bus is speaking out saying she horrified by what hapned but overwhelmed by t

nationwide the death toll from the typhoon haiyan is at 4,000 with 1,500 still missing. there is fear some islands have not been reaches ten days after the disaster. this morning, the united states is pledging an additional $10 million in aid. at the main airport in tacloban water and rice are ready for distribution. >> so much devastation and certainly grab the attention of the world. people from all over, including in the bay area, are doing what they can to help the victims of the devastating typhoon haiyan. we are team up with the american red cross to collect donations for the relief effort. our anchor, eric thomas, is joining us with help at the philippine hotline. eric? >> that is "7 on your side" offices with red cross volunteers here and we have red cross volunteers in the next office over and nine or ten of them are ready to take your donations which is the best way to give. they have plenty of these sheets to take credit, debit or checks. let's come over and tell you the phone number is 415-954-7621. i will talk right now with woody from the american red cross

>>> typhoon haiyan smashes through the philippines, leaving a trail of death and destruction. [ ♪ theme. >>> hello there. you're watching al jazeera. also on the program - the final push for a nuclear deal with iran. a third day of talks begins in geneva. no stability, no security, no one in control - the forgotten crisis in the central african republic. >> and i'm andrew thomas in china - a big meeting of communist bosses in budget -- beijing, why it could be felt in rural areas like this. >>> a huge rescue operation is beginning after the strongest storm to hit land since records began, smashed no the philippines. more than 24 hours on, there's no access to some of the worst-hit areas. marga ortigas reports. >> reporter: the full impact of typhoon haiyan's impact is being revealed. the most intensive storm to hit land falls has affected millions of people. the true extent of casualties and damages is unclear. communication points are down across most of the worst-affected islands. >> translation: it's terrible. the winds were so strong, i have to rebuild my home. this is a tragedy. >>

the remains of haiyan is crossing into southern china where i am and so the head of the moment. is about 12 hours here of solid rain and the rain that is the issue here, about 200 millimeters expected 24-48 hour period. the winds have dropped off, nothing like what you saw in the philippines and although the rain is a problem with flooding here you will not see anything like the destruction as in the philippines. this is now a serious tropical storm but it's going to become a tropical depression over the next 12 hours or so and weakening over time and causing issues with the water rather than with the wind. >> andrew in southern china and thank you. and more to come on the news hour including shelling continues in yemen despite a cease fight. and protest movements in thailand have joined forces against a proposed new law. and in sport barcelona wins in the league but at what cost? that story coming up, in a bit. ♪ now human rights watch is calling on international community to condemn the syrian government for using incindary weapons and some were going against civilians in area

supertyphoon haiyan left more than 1,000 people dead in the island nation. winds up to 300 kilometers per hower ripped east of the island's archipelago, ripping off roofs and uprooting trees. tens of thousands of people lost their homes and their livelihoods. >> i never thought the wind would be so strong that it would destroy my house. i don't know what i should do now. >> thousands of soldiers and emergency relief teams are trying to help survivors. the philippines are hit by around 20 typhoons a year but experts say haiyan was one of the most powerful ever recorded in the world. aid workers in several countries in the middle east have won a massive polio vaccination campaign. last month the world health organization confirmed the first outbreak of polio for many years. the campaign aimed to immunize around 20 million children throughout the region. in lebanon, for example, all children under 5 will receive the vaccine. it's one of the largest polio vaccination drives ever. that concludes our v [traditional music] ♪ (gyatso) everywhere, we are talking. we

. >>> a massive relief effort is now underway in the philippines in the wake of typhoon haiyan. rescue workers say they are having a tough time getting the supplies to those who need them most. in many places despair is setting in. >> reporter: a cry for help from the children of sabu, haiyan landed ruthlessly in the northern part of the island, and many are left with nothing. >> translator: we ran to the mountains and we're still staying in a little hut used to dry sugar cane. >> reporter: this part has yet to receive any aid although many here managed to survive, they also badly need water and food. marianne and her husband were just burying her mother when the storm hit and ruined six houses around them. she is hungry and has been drinking only condensed milk for five days. >> even if we could get a little help, we would be so grateful. all of us here would share it. >> what needs to be addressed really is the problem of the water and the sanitation and of course now the most pressing is the shelter, because with the constant rain and they have no homes to go back to. >> repo

today, kpix is hosting a telethon to raise money to help yphoon haiyan. >>> the people in the philippines are in desperate need of help and today kpix is hosting a telethon to raise money to help the victims of typhoon haiyan. right now desperately needed aid is starting to reach some of the hundreds and thousands of people, all displaced by last weeks deadly typhoon in the philippines, more than 2000 are confirmed dead so far, 600,000 people are homeless, and those numbers are expected to rise as information begins to come in from other areas of that disaster zone. getting the relief there has also been a big obsticle with rows that are in as diagnose saysable and covered in debris. we are joined live from our phone bank where we are raising money to help the victims of the typhoon in the philippines. how's it going guys? hope the phones are ringing. >> frank so far its been great. we're hearing chatter behind us. >> this front row is really busy all the time and the phones rollover to the second row, we have a couple people on the phones back there. we want the top tier working, don't w

typhoon haiyan swept through friday morning. it destroyed everything in its path, power lines, roads, villages ail wiped out in an instance. the typhoon arrived three hours earlier than expected. thousands of people were trapped when water rose as high as 5 meters. we were one of them, right at the eye of haiyan's wrath. >> we are trying to make our way out of this place. this is a little over three hours has brought into this town this place has become a ghost town. just a few hours ago, we were, ourselves, caught up in the middle of what is the most powerful typhoon this year. it was hard because at some point, we were preparing for it and the water started going up. we were by the ceiling clinging for our lives t it's a miracle we survived. what we need to do now is to make our way out of here because there is nothing left, only distrucks and death. >> it was the world was most powerful typhoon on record. the damage for small problems is unprecedented. the governor says he fears at least 20,000,000 people are dead. those who

food haiyan has left the center of the country and absolute ruins. -- typhoon haiyan. it has sparked an unbelievable global relief effort. >> and appealed for urgent international assistance. many countries have artie pledged support and sent out personnel. >> the difficult thing will beginning to the people who need the most help. >> the area itself is made up of a huge amount of islands, and most of them are very remote area as you can see, some of the hardest hit, including the city that has been hardest hit. >> there is no food, no medicine, no water. the situation grows more critical by the hour. people have painted the words help us on the wall here, hoping someone will notice. blood and debris have left roads and bridges him passable. -- floods and debris. shops and warehouses were destroyed, as were most buildings in the port city. before the typhoon, she sold groceries. now she has to scavenge for supplies. >> it's really hard. there is no more food in the warehouse or the malls. >> in many places, frustration is turning to desperation. relief trucks have been

still ahead - typhoon haiyan is one of the strongest storms recorded. it hits them as climate talks begin in pole and. will it relieve progress on global warming. we ask two experts on the week ahead segment next. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories tonight. secretary of state john kerry is on the defense if after talks on iran's nuclear program ended with no deal. world powers want to kerb iran's nuclear ambags, wants relief from economic sanctions.. >> this is the first time that the p5 came together with this kind of a serious set of possible options in front of it, with a new iranian government. this changed since the election. this is a new overture and has to be put to the test very kay fully. i think there was unity there, unity there, david, with respect to getting it right and we always said - president obama has been crystal clear - don't rush, we are not in a rush, we need to get the right deal, no deal is better than a bad deal. >> in the philippines rescuers struggle to reach towns and villages, many airports rem

typhoon haiyan swept through the philippines early friday morning. it destroyed everything in its past. powerlines, roads, villages - wiped out in an instant. the typhoon arrived three hours earlier than expected. thousands of people were trapped when water rose as high as five metres. we were one of them, right at the high of typhoon haiyan's wrath. >> we are trying to make our way out of this place. this is a what little over three hours of the wrath of typhoon haiyan brought into this town of tacloban. this place is a ghost town. just a few hours ago we were, ourselves, caught up in the middle of what is considered the most powerful typhoon in the world this year. it was hard because at some point we were preparing for a live. the water started going up, we were by the ceiling clinging for our lives. it's a miracle that we survived and what we need to do now is make our way out of here, only destruction and death. >> it was the world's most powerf powerful typhoon on record and the damage unprecedented. the governor fears 20,000 are dead. those wh

nearly one week after haiyan the villages still look like the storm has just happened.rywhere you hear the sound of hammering, people are trying to fix their own houses as much as they can. not only homes but also livelihoods are destroyed by the typhoon. some fishing boats are still intact. many others are damaged. fishing equipment has been destroyed by the wind. although relief efforts are underway elsewhere, these islanders need help too. >> we are doing our very best to stand on our own but that does not certainly mean that we do not need any help because we do and we are appealing to everyone to please send help. >> reporter: the most urgent needs are shelter, blankets and medicine and there are shortages of water and food. although they have been invisible so far these victims of the disaster say it's about time they got help too. al jazeera. >> reporter: the philippine said the government is doing all it can to get supplies to those who need them but he says the operation is challenging. in a situation like this nothing is fast enough. the need is massive, the n

our coverage of super typhoon haiyan continues. is. >> that give you the scale of the storm which is now hitting the region and that is around the popular tourist place of baka. people sheltering in a center had to be moved because the roof was ripped off of that evacuation center. these roofs are made of sheet melts so they could be causing a lot of damage. some people who refused to be evacuate had to be rescued by police so it's a very serious situation in that region and around the country. >> what are you hearing in terms of, i guess, the death toll right now. the number of peoples that are impacted by this. >> it's hard to hear anything and that is because many of these provinces have no electricity and the communication has been cut. some of the electricity has been cut off by the storm itself and some was shut off but even the authorities are ching trouble reaching their counterparts in these badly hit regions there. an area where more than a few hundred people were killed in an earthquake last month and 5,000 of those peop

that haiyan also causing an oil spill east of latai province. to contain 5,000-liters of oil today. a barge was driven ashore when the typhoon made landfall. it is spread along a 1.2-mile stretch of coastline. >> filipino americans are banding together donating money and badly needed supplies to send back to the philippines. collection efforts like this one in chicago are taking plagues across the country. in new jersey, the impact of haiyan is being felt in a section of town known as little manila. we are in jersey city. erika, where you are right now, what are they saying, how do they feel? >> well, certainly the talk of the entire area here is about the typhoon and how they can help the victims one week later. little manila is made up of several stores and restaurants, all filipino american run. in every place you will find a place to donate to the relief effort. that goes for the barber shop, where they're donating the proceeds from haircuts to the american red cross. there's the cargo company shipping donation boxes for free, and then there

we have seen the destruction from super typhoon haiyan. cate cauguiran says relief from the bay area is on the way. >> thank you, now, watching the video is very difficult. i can tell you that we're getting a new look at the after math of taclaban, one of the hardest cities hit. and authorities say at least 9.7 million people have been asked -- abouted by this -- affected by this storm in the local community. >> reporter: when disaster like typhoon haiyan hit, a community comes together, and people like burt step up. he and his wife brought canned food to the west bay filipino service center in san francisco. watching the typhoons devastation, brings an emotional silence. >> it's sad. powell and market near powell and mark, volunteers for the national alliance for filipino conces asked for money. nafcon has already raised 50-thousand dollars on es flexibity for w i don't know. >> he still hasn't heard from his siblings who live 100 miles from the storms epicenter. >> i'm worried but i'm hopeful that they are okay. >> reporter: he thinks th

haiyan hit.ngraded to a tropical storm as it entered southern china. >> for more on the storm's track, let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> this storm has downgraded, the final advisory has been written on it. you can see what happened as it made that hit into seat mom, china, now areas of rain, leaving devastation in its track especially for the philippines where we are still seeing showers in the southern part of the island. so many people are now homeless, you don't want any new weather adding to those concerns. now is the time when all the assessors will go back in to see how strong that storm actually was. >> this was obviously a very powerful storm, left a path of destruction. where does it rank among other storms? >> we are still getting all that data in. in the united states, we always here about my reserve job, my colleagues with the hurricane hunters that actually fly and collect the data. that doesn't go on in the western pacific. the united states is the only country that

super typhoon haiyan. the view from space monstrous. its cloud cover alone takes up two-thirds of the each asian island. haiyan first roared into sumar in the central philippines with winds clocked at 195 miles per hour. worse yet, it was the dead of night. the waves from just what may be the strongest storm ever left some of these poor oceanside communities under ten feet of water. because of its speed, the initial impact was overquickly. but the morning light shed light on just how destructive this storm was and what people inland still have to fear. >> all the power we have now total brown out. all roads are impassable due to the fallen frees. >> this video is from cebu which is more than 100 miles away from landfall. proving its packing a punch and leaving misery hinds. tens of thousands spent this day in evacuation centers. as haiyan rolls on, authorities are warning people across the country to prepare for flash floods and even landslides. haiyan is expected to leave the philippines in the next few h

category 3 with 125 mile- per-hour winds which is much lower than the 149 mile-per- hour winds that haiyan had when it made landfall earlier this morning. a little closer comparison is hurricane andrew. that storm in 1992 had winds up in the 175-mile an hour range. it was the strongest storm as far as wind speed goes to ever hit the united states and it's one of the only category 5 storms to ever make landfall here in the united states. so we have some historical perspectives to put it in for you. typhoon haiyan with the 195- mile an hour winds is an estimate, satellite estimates because we don't have the same technology tracking this storm that we do in the united states, but we can compare it to typhoon tip in 1979 with 190-

haiyan landed ruthlessly in the northern part of the island. most managed to survive. but many are left with nothing. >> we ran to the mountains, and we're still staying at a little hut used to dry sugar cane. >> reporter: cebu has yet to receive any aid although many manage to survive, they also badly need water. >> mary and her husband were just burying her mother when the storm hit and ruined six houses around them. she's hungry and has been drinking condemned milk for five days. even if we get a little bit of help we would be grateful. all of us here would share it. a few organizations and volunteers have already reached vebu. >> what is to address the problem with the water, the sanitation and the shelter because of the constant rain and you have no homes to go back to. >> reporter: only three hours to the south the military is airlifting food and water on tacloban. the air force base in cebu is the center for the relief operation. here many are in need, and there were problems with the distribution of supplies to tacloban. >> one, the weather is a bit not coopera

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just tell me what it was like when typhoon haiyan struck. very frightening -- we don't know what to do. -- thinking about my family, >> and melanie, you came up here because you thought it would be safer, but when you went back to where your house was, what had happened to that and your friends and other relations? >> our house is already falling down. we have friends here with their daughters, and also someone always died. >> what has life been like since the typhoon, how frightening has it been? what has been happening in this town? >> yes, everything is destroyed. >> and what about the reports of armed gangs going around, what has happened here? people left prison, what did they do? >> they came in the house in every village and they ask for food or money. we don't have money, you going to kill us. >> and were people killed? >> yes. >> and reports of women also being -- >> yeah, yeah, women they're going to rape. >> and how much support and how much aid have you had since haiyan? have you had anything at all? >> no. the roads are closed,

another philippine town destroyed by typhoon haiyan. hello, i'm elizabeth live in doe ha with extensive coverage of the philippines crisis. >> we report on the lack of security in parts of the philippines. >> in other news - millions gather in iraq to mark the occasion of a shooter. we are getting reports of violence. >> a crack-smoking mayor of toronto admits buying illegal drugs, but will not step down >> goodbye to a legend. india's sachin tendulkar is playing his final test match. >> almost a week after typhoon haiyan hit the philippines hundreds of thousands of people are in desperate need of help. we have correspondents covering the story from the worst-affected areas in cebu. aid is clogged up at the port, unable to get to people in dire need of help. we have that story. seth is in a town of madeline where residents are waiting for food and medicine. first marga ortigas - armed men are causing fear among the population at tacloban. >> the national government said they have cleared most of the roads needed to get goods to the peop

. >>> typhoon haiyan leaving an estimated 2,000 people dead. the united states, united states, united states, and the united nations are working to get aid to the battered region as soon as possible. >>> secretary of state john kerry is trying to reassure some of american mideast allies that nuclear would not put them at risk. and after nearly three months egypt's curfew and state of emergency will be lifted later this week. the curfew was imposed in august after security forces dispersed camps in cairo. >>> the interior minister said he would boost security forces once the curfew is lifted. those are your headlines. >> the aftermath and suffering gripping the philippines tonight in the wake of typhoon haiyan. the most devastating and lethal storm in decades. that's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. typhoon haiyan could end up being the deadliest storm in the philippines. it pushed a wall of water 2 stories high as it stumped through the islands. the coastal town was toas totaly wiped out and projection 10,000 people may be dead nat

click on the typhoon haiyan tab at the top. resources on the top of the page. >> secretary of state john kerry saying the world powers are a few words shy of that deal with iran, adding that they all agreed on the concept, but not the wording. the concept that the world powers would ease economic sanctions in exchange for assurances that iran would partially freeze its nuclear program. iran could not find common ground with the super powers but did make a separate deal with with the u.n. allowing inspectors to visit a few of iran's reactors and mining sites, the diplomats will meet again next week. >> the main syrian opposition party agreed to joint talks aimed at ending the countries war. after a lot of pressure from the u.s. and u.k., the syrian national coalition is willing to start negotiating later this year, but only if its demands are met, and here's what they want, the set up of a transitional government that leaves out bashar al assad but includes full presidential military and security powers, full access for relief a

after typhoon haiyan, aid agencies are warning that medical supplies are running out in the philippinesthe risk of disease is there. most vulnerable are the 600,000 homeless people living in cramped conditions where disease dozen spread so rapidly. the philippines disaster agency said now that the death toll has risen to 2,300. 2,000 police and soldiers have been put on the street to deal with the situation. eight people have been crushed after a stampede for rice at a store. and we have reports from tacloban, one of the worst-hit cities. >> reporter: there are so many casualties for tacloban the main hospital has no time to deal with the dead. patients are inside while doctors and nurses take a rare break in the fresh air. most have been working long hours, there is no electricity, and it's extremely hot. the storm destroyed it's main generator. >> the main floor was flooded so we have to bring patients on the second floor. but the proof is destroy, so when it rains it leaks. so there is no place to keep patients dry and safe. >> reporter: one generator powers one light bal bulb in the

that was devastated by typhoon haiyan. the u.s.s.eorge was washington will assist search an rescue operations and move supplies. twenty kilometres of coastline was ripped to shreds. tacloban was one. worst areas. the survivors flocking to the city's airports hoping to get out some how. he is looking for his parents and three siblings who are policing. policmissing. >> dead or alive. i need to see them. i'm left with nothing. it's difficult. so difficult. so difficult especially when i was not here for the typhoon i couldn't help them. the security situation is getting worse affecting residents and aid workers. the army is out in force with reports of gunmen and armed rebels causing fear among the upon laying. laying -- population. a lot of people knocking on doors at flight and some of them are robbers. we are mostly women and elderly in the house and we are scared. let's hear about the report on the security situation in tacloban. >> all 63-year-old wants to do is sleep. he hasn't been able to do that in six days. his home was destr

homeless and helpless, survivors of typhoon haiyan receiving help but much more is needed. >> is it going to take another three and a half years to get this straighten out. >> the high tech guys go before congress about the botched roll out of the affordable care act. >>> and fall out from education to the economy. >> days after typhoon haiyan tore through the philippines the crisis there is growing deeper. the death toll now stands at 2,344. another 3800 people were injured in that storm. and 79 people are still listed as missing. al jazeera has more on haiyan's tragic aftermath. >> reporter: there are so many casualties in tacloban the main hospital has no time to deal with the dead. patients still come while doctors and nurses take a rare break. they work long hours since the typhoon struck. the storm destroy it's main generator. >> the ground floor was flooded so we have to bring the present patients on the second floor. but the roof are all destroyed. when it rains it leaks, but it's the only available space to keep the patient dry and safe. >> reporter: a small donated generator is

typhoon haiyan could end up being the deadliest storm in the philippines.t pushed a wall of water 2 stories high as it stumped through the islands. the coastal town was toast totally wiped out and projection 10,000 people may be dead nationwide. on this edition of "inside story" we'll take you to the philippines for the latest on the aftermath and recovery efforts and we'll be joined by the ambassador to the philippines of the united states. >>> whole families lay in the rubble, survivors looking for scraps. it looks like a war zone. this is the condition of towns across the philippines as typhoon haiyan slam through the island in record-breaking force. >> everything is destroyed. everything is gone. the only thing left are our clothes and my child. >> i'm asking for help because i no longer have a home. i do not have any money. i do not have anything left. >> reporter: officials estimate the number of dead may be at least 10,000, but because of shattered infrastructure the world may not know the full picture for days. >> it is so difficult. we are helpless

picking up the pieces after typhoon haiyan. one of the worst storms in recorded history. tehran and the u.n. said to resolve issues. is tackledpresident by protesters. 1.4 million. to our top story. at least 10,000 are feared dead and 2 million others are affected by the storm in the philippines. benigno aquino has declared a state of national tragedy. they suffered massive destruction and loss of life especially after [indiscernible] is soses say that water high that even people who took refuge on the top floor of first-floor buildings were swept away. .> searching for food and >> it is difficult. we are vulnerable like a newborn. >> typhoon ravaged tacloban looks more like a garbage dump that a city. the survivors are becoming increasingly desperate for rainwater and supplies. >> her problem is getting more relief. the roads are not yet acceptable. the same time clearing roads. >> the dire situation has led to widespread looting. >> we forced open the petrol station because we were unable to travel europe we cannot travel because -- to travel. i cannot travel because we

if you would hike to help people affected by typhoon haiyan go to abc7news.com. we have links to local organizations putting together relief efforts. we will have the latest on the rescue efforts in the wake of the typhoon through the newscast. we continue on abc7news.com and on twitter. >> new this morning, oakland police broke up a massive side show near the pot of oakland after truck drivers working in the area called police to complain. officers found 100 cars blocking all lanes around 10:00 last night with dozens of others may have taken off. reports put up to 200 cars at the scene. police did issue citations. investigators are not saying much else. >> the push for private security at san francisco general hospital will be revived after the botched search of a missing patient found dead in the stairs. official tried to replace the sheriff deputies for three years with a less costly and more effective private security force. they were turned do you by the service employees international union and supporters on the board of supervisors. records show the hospit

typhoon haiyan causing untold devastation. we do not have an accurate death toll. there were estimates that 10,000 people may have been killed in tacloban alone. that may be an overestimate but there are no accurate figures at all. right now the immediate needs are for people in a number of pieces not just tacloban but a number of low-lying smaller villages and town all throughout the southern islands in the philippines, places the government has not been able to get to. people are desperate for food and water and medical care as well. we don't know how many people have been wounded. the hospital in tacloban has been overwhelmed in the last several days. the relief effort is coming into a focus but bad weather moving in has put a question mark over the next couple hours. what's going to take place and how much relief will be able to get in in the wake of what is believed to be another tropical storm heading toward the tacloban area. the reason we are at manila we had planned to land near tacloban. but all flights at that point were stopped because of the bad weathe

the government at the time in those hours, a couple of days before typhoon haiyan struck. sent out plenty of warnings that this would be a significant storm, but what took everyone by surprise a week ago was the storm surge. people so used to typhoons in this part of the world, but they are only used to strong winds and lots of rain which in itself can be devastating. this was so different because of the size and strength of that storm surge that came onshore. it appears that most people who died in the disaster, indeed died from that storm surge that came ashore. acknowledging that, the criticism of the philippine government has been strong. the president benigno aquino iii acknowledged that his administration has fallen short in disaster response and he was taken control and responsibility for relief operations going forward. >> that's wayne hay from cebu airport in the philippines. thanks, wayne. >> to other new, britain's prince charles opened the commonwealth heads of government meeting in sri lanka. it's been overshadowed by allegations the sri lankan government fail

nevertheless the city has been ruined by haiyan.dreds of people flock to this street so they can plug in to generator power from a generous hotel. they have even come from other towns so they can charge their phones. this is the only hotel that is fully functioning. only the patients with the most serious injuries remain here a week after the storm struck. hospital administrator told us they took in three times their usual number of patients at first. the electricity they have come from two big generators. >> our ceiling, all of our ceiling at the levy went down with the wind, including electrical, plumbing, so this was really, really chaos. >> reporter: one of the main problems is damage at a power station. it will be another week before the company that runs it can even predict it will be running again. many of its workings have been effected by the storm too. >> our employees were effected. i think no one was spared from typhoon haiyan. >> reporter: power lines are down everywhere you look. more than a thousand poles that held up

you can see a before picture of one of the regions hit by typhoon haiyan.this is the after picture nearly every building flattened. kpix 5 cate cauguiran is here with how a bay area group is providing relief to those who need it most. >> reporter: michelle, it's absolutely heartbreaking. we're getting new video of the after math and one of the hardest hit cities by super typhoon haiyan, and authorities say at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces have been affected by the storm. and the local filipino community in the bay area is racing against time to provide relief. when disaster like typhoon haiyan hit, a community comes together. and people like burt step up. he and his wife brought canned food to the west bay filipino service center in san francisco. watching the typhoons devastation brings an emotional silence. >> it's sad. i don't know. >> reporter: he still hasn't heard from his siblings who live a hundred miles from the storm's epicenter. >> i'm hopeful that they're okay. >> reporter: alfredo thinks the storm's destruction is the worst he's ever

typhoon haiyan the most powerful one. wind speeds 195 miles per hour. then a few years ago in 2010 super typhoon maggie. winds 180 miles per hour where are, and in 1998 they dealt with super typhoon zeb - made landfill with winds of 180 miles per hour sustained for hours. we'll head to tacloban, and joie chen has the special cover. we continue after this break. philippines. we'll head to tacloban, and jph. we'll head to tacloban, and j>> "america tonight" we thing about what it means and what you can say to somebody who has lost everything. indeed, that is the case in the central philippines. it raises the question. what is the closest experience these people can have, as part of our series "reaching out" we speak with kimberley rivers roberts, a woman that survived katrina. >> i'm kimberley rivers-roberts, i'm a hurricane katrina survivor. the people in the philippines remind me sort of of what happened here. it looked like a bomb hit new orleans. you saw trash everywhere, you had water up to your waist with all type of debris and oil and trash. during

authorities are still -- haiyan struck.authorities are still trying to get help to where it's needed. 4 million have been displaced, nearly 13 million have been affected by the storm in one way or another. the philippine president now visiting some of the places, benigno aquino is visiting those places. officials say the process is slow, they say they have few resources to work with. >>> and today the u.s. pledged an additional $10 million in aid, that brings the total u.s. contribution to more than $37 million. al jazeera's paul beban is in giyan. >> airport at guyan was built in world war ii and probably hasn't been this busy since then. the light is starting to fade so this activity is going to slow down. we have seen aid nonstop. the military officers said he lost count a long time ago. there is aid coming in from all over the world. that plane behind me is being unloaded from u.s. aid equipment. there is food water tarp all kinds of materialle. over here are evacuees lined up, a man on a trenc stretcher thats brought i

you. >> a structure damaged by typhoon haiyan is the local prison.any inmates are believed to storm. >> there's not a second to lose as australian air force troops back their c130 with equipment and supplies. it's a plane full of aid workers, police and a civilian, a young woman holding back tears in the cargo area. as the plane descends into that landscape she is overwhelmed. her name is delia pagatpatan. hundreds here are desperate to leave - but delia pagatpatan is desperate to get in. she hasn't heard from her family in more than a week and is terrified of what she might find in her home town of taytay. heading east to the ocean, a panay ramma of destruction scrolls buy. once a bustling seaside ham the of 500 families, it's hard to imagine anyone could have lived through this. then, a shout. >> that's your brother. >> it's her older fausto. >> a story of a happy reunion outside of wayan. one of many stories of people looking, hoping to reunite through communications. it's amazing to think how much we have lost because we expect to have communicat

typhoon haiyan leaves dead bodies laying in the streets. >>> and she is not happy with the internationalesponse to the crisis so far. >>> the largest-ever polio vaccine campaign is underway in the middle east after an outbreak in syria. >>> helping the lost generation. europe's leaders meet to tackle youth unemployment. and the summit on e-cigarettes. ♪ >>> the philippines is still reeling from the devastation causeded by the worst storm in recorded history. the un estimates the number dead is around 10,000. hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes and have no shelter. those desperate to find food have stripped the stores bare. the united nations has launched an appeal for over $300 million for areas hit by the typhoon. the us and uk are sending warships carrying thousands of soldiers and dozens of aircraft to help with relief and recovery. the typhoon left a wide path of destruction when it stuck on friday. these are the two worst-effected provinces. it is feared 10,000 people have been killed here alone. haiyan continues sweeping west across the central philippine islands,

three days after the destruction struck, we're understanding the devastation of haiyan. it appears the entire city has been knocked out. looting has broken out. i met a family at airport that ran away because their store was getting ransacked and they were threatened. seven people have been killed at one of the biggest malls in the city by looters. there's a lack of aid in the city. thesele volunteers have been packing relief goods around the clock. u.s. marines are here in the philippines with the first plane load of goods coming from the u.s. government. the challenge is to get aids to the survivors given the many road blocks that are not cleared. for "cbs this morning"ing, philippines. >> and pictures from space show haiyan still covers a massive area. it's now a tropical storm moving over central china after hitting vietnam this morning. we were in the area friday when it hit. he spoke to us on skype. >> i went out past the village to the sea wall. it's not a sea wall just a raised area off the water. i went and filmed down the length of it. the waves beginning to co

nevertheless the city has been ruined by haiyan.eds of people flock to this street so they can plug into generator power from a genius gs holt. they come from other towns so they can charge their phones. this hospital is the only one of three that is fully functioning. everyone has been working around the clock to get it cleaned up so it can deal with victims of typhoon haiyan. only patients with serious injuries remain a week after the storm truck. hospital administers say they took in three times the original numbers at first. they have two big generate emergency, but that's not enough to get things going at capacity. they can't even do a basic blood count test. >> electrical, plumbing, this was really, really important. >> reporter: one of the main problems is the damaged power station that supplies electricity not only to this province but others further north. it will be another week before the company that runs it can even predict it will be running again. many of its workers have been affected by the storm, too. >> our employ

our meteorologist explains. >> storms like haiyan receive energy from the ocean. the latest data confirms that the earth's oceans are warming. this chart shows the different estimates are how the sea surface temperatures have increased since the 1950's. the surface is a part of the ocean that absorbs the heat as the earth regardless. it's also what powers these huge storms. this means that as the earth heats up, storms could become more powerful with heavier rain and stronger winds. i look back at previous storms, still appear to support this. here's a list of the most powerful storms to make landfall on record. mayan is at the top. of these 12, five occurred just in the last eight years. now, as scientists, we can't definitely sig say that haiyan s made worse by climate change, more studied would be needed to say that. a warming world could make storms more powerful than haiyan possible. >> she says climate change does affect the storms but scientists haven't been able to model it. >> climate change will definitely have an impact of the frequency and magnitude of