started to spread out it try to get out and assess the needs along with their counterparts in the phillipine navys some of these smaller towns and cities on islands and outlying areas that are more difficult to get to. some of them you can only get by air or by water. we went out a short time ago with the marines on their osprey jets. let's watch. >> the ospreys have arrived. american marines are now using their unique aircraft to check on remote island communities cut off by the typhoon. today we're flying to samar. the damage to its main city is clear. ospreys fly like planes but can also hover like helicopters. before landing the crew makes sure the runway is safe. most of the passengers on board today are phillipine navy personnel. captain troy trinidad is trying to assess the needs of the island's people. >> is there food enough? >> no. >> 45,000 people live here. 87 died in the storm. hundreds are sick or injured, and some need urgent care. >> the lady here needs medical attention that she cannot get on this small island. so colonel trinidad has been asked if u.s. military will take her som

phillipines. dead stands at 6 million. 1100 people are listed as missing. 600,000 are still homeless. a massive navy hospital ship off the southern california coast is gearing up to deploy to the phillipines to help out. be gat s is in san diego where crews are loading up tons of supplies. >> reporter: stretching nearly 900 feet. the u.s. naval ship mercy is one of the largest hospitals in the country. its crew is on stand by. they could set sail for the phillipines as early as sunday with more than a thousand palests of food and mit meth sin. >> how many people does it take to get this ship ready? >> literally shuns of people are work together right now to prepare the ship to get underway in five days, costa helped stock the mercy last year for buy annual humanitarian mission to southeast asia it can treat nearly 300 patients a day and could help some of the 12,000 injured in the phillipines. >> the ship can hold a medical staff of 1200 people from dentists to surgeons. the military must first determine what the greatest needs are in the phillipines before they decide who to send. 5,000 sailors and

a devastating reality.with which survivors in the phillipines are all too familiar. two u-s navymphibious ships are en route to the philippines to assit in relief efforts. these ships can turn salt water into drinking water-- which is what they drastically need. remember stay with kron-4 for the latest on the typhoon relief effort. and if you'd like to help -- you can find out how on kron-4-dot-com. time now for an update on the weather critic of morning erica. >>erica: p.s. we are starting with ceratures today. t today could be the warmest day of the week. i do want to talk about temperatures. you notice we are in the upper '40's for san jose and concord. still pretty mild for san francisco. keep in mind and these aren't even your morning lows so temperatures will continue to drop. places like vallejo already in the upper '30's and i wouldn't be surprised if a few isolated protected spot in the north bay also dropped into the upper thirties bridge into the afternoon we will make up for it. i guess that's the trade-off. normal weather and the south bay. campbell today have 72 per