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

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

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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

that is if you put haiyan along the coastal united states. see stretching from canada down to florida. philippines is used to these kind of massive typhoons. look at the damage this has done on an unprecedented scale. so what if a super typhoon like haiyan hit the united states? to give you an idea, as i showed you, that was the super imposed image. but when you talk about some of these wind speeds, 235 miles per hour -- there's nothing been anything like that. that's a category five. katrina hit much, much weaker than that. i guess the question is, the united states, is it prepared? >> no. that's the simple answer. because it's almost impossible to imagine being prepared for something like this. we've been trying to figure out the true scope of a storm like this all day long. just imagine if this had hit florida down here, effectively stretching from one end to the other. what might be affected. well, housing and businesses for starters. according to the census bureau about 19 people live here. there are more than 400,000 businesses. the aer

we'll be right back. >>> and wele coverage here of typhoon haiyan. the disaster in the philippines, what has been left behind. you're looking at the city of tacloban, probably the hardest-hit area. of course, we've seen areas like this in japan after the tsunami there. but every time, the image is fresh, hard to imagine, to adjust your eye to it. it takes a while to really understand what you're looking at. just the block after block of devastation. and that storm surge which carried with it so much debris, so much wood, corrugated tin from people's homes. so much just piled up on the streets, which makes it extremely difficult to distribute the aid. even walking down the road is extremely difficult. the number of fatalities, we don't know. the focus is on the living right now, focusing on their immediate needs, food and water. and trying to get medical care to those who have been injured by some of the debris, the water and the collapsing buildings. i wanted to talk to the mayor of tacloban who we spoke to in our previous hour. he actually survived

so what if a super typhoon like haiyan hit the united states? to give you an idea, as i showed you, that was the super imposed image. but when you talk about some of these wind speeds, 235 miles per ho hour, that's a category five. katrina hit much, much weaker than that. i guess the question is, the united states, is it prepared? >> no. that's the simple answer. because it's almost impossible to imagine being prepared for something like this. we've been trying to figure out the true scope of a storm like this all day long. just imagine if this had hit florida down here, effectively stretching from one end to the other. what might be affected. well, housing and businesses for starters. about 19 million people live here. there are more than 400,000 businesses. the aerospace industry is huge. tourism, all of that gets affected. beyond that, the port of miami is massive the one of the busiest in the nation. it handles more than half of all cargo coming to or going to latin america and the caribbean. it is the busiest port on the planet for cruise s

that is if you put haiyan along the coastal united states. see stretching from canada down to florida. philippines is used to these kind of massive typhoons. look at the damage this has done on an unprecedented scale. so what if a super typhoon like haiyan hit the united states? to give you an idea, as i showed you, that was the super imposed image. but when you talk about some of these wind speeds, 235 miles per hour -- there's nothing been anything like that. that's a category five. katrina hit much, much weaker than that. i guess the question is, the united states, is it prepared? >> no. that's the simple answer. because it's almost impossible to imagine being prepared for something like this. we've been trying to figure out the true scope of a storm like this all day long. just imagine if this had hit florida down here, effectively stretching from one end to the other. what might be affected? well, housing and businesses for starters. according to the census bureau about 19 million people live here. there are more than 400,000 businesses.

this unbelievable storm typhoon haiyan. we're getting new images and new reporting on the ground in the philippines. more than 100 people are confirmed dead all in one city alone. at least 100 more are injured. and the numbers are expected to sore. now, to put this monster storm in perspective. i uncovered an area that would stretch from south florida to upstate new york. it's not over yet. cnn's paula hancocks was one of the western journalists on the ground in the hard-hit city of tacloban city. she filed this report just a short time ago. >> reporter: she lost three of her daughters in a matter of seconds. the storm surge from typhoon haiyan tore them from her husband's arms. age 15, 13 and 8. only two bodies have been found. >> only ones missing is my eldest daughter. i hope she's alive. and we're hoping that she's alive. and she was somewhere -- just like -- >> reporter: she became emotional as she remembers seeing bodies float past her home. she said she was on the roof to avoid the water. she was among victims congre

here is the story of haiyan. it was a 195 miles per hour hurricane, typhoon, cyclone, just different oceans. they mean exactly the same thing, they spin the same way unless you're south of the equator. and that is equal for an ef-4 tornado on the ground. and people said the winds lasted for four hours. so if an ef-tornado in oklahoma lasted four minutes and it is gone, could you imagine the typhoon over your house for four hours, and katrina, that was a big storm. ask the people in gulf port. and 195 seems like 60%, oh, 100% higher. not that way. it doesn't work that way, anderson, you would take a look at one square foot of a building, just maybe one square foot of a window, just the force of sandy, 16 pounds per square foot, 120 miles per hour, katrina, 36 miles an hour per square foot. 196 miles per hour, 96 pounds per square foot. and if we really had wind gusts of 165. that was the wind gusts blowing the windows out. that is why this storm was so much bigger than all the other storms we've ever seen before.

the death toll from typhoon haiyan rising and get this. there is a new storm barreling into the philippines. >>> it was like what do i do? who is this lady? this isn't anybody that my parents have mentioned or i've seen. >> survival instincts kicking in. how a 14-year-old girl managed to protect hearses when an intruder came into her home. >>> one of the best craigslist story you will not believe. you will not believe what was in this desk when this person bought it and what the person did with it. >> i don't understand how you forget that you put that amount of cash inside a desk. so stay tuned for that. amazing. welcome back to "early start." glad you're with us. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. >>> we start in the philippines. the misery is growing by the day in the wake of super typhoon haiyan. 4.2 million affected by the storm' millions left with no water or food. the official death toll is under 2,000. but that is expected to climb much higher, they say. the red cross estimates some 10,000 people were killed. anna koren took

it's now three days after super typhoon haiyan has hit. officials estimate 10,000 lives have been lost. the official tally at this hour, 942, and another storm is on the way. debris blanketing tack lobtaclo leyte, and sumar. we're about to show you tough images to watch. rescuers pulling bodies from heaps of wreckage while survivors picking through all of them, trying to find food. yes, there are reports of looting. people know they're drinking ditter water. >> translator: it's difficult. we are helpless like a newborn. it's really difficult. there's no more food inside the warehouse and the malls. >> translator: i don't need a lot of clothes, just one shirt. that's all i'm asking for. >> as more that 600,000 filipinos now seeking shelter, many are haunted by what haiyan took from them. one mother talked to the philippine daily inquirer about seeing her daughter die. quote, just let go, save yourself, said the girl, whose body was pierced by wooden splinters. i was holding her and kept telling her to hang on, i was going to bring her up, b

more than 10,000 people now feared death in the aftermath of typhoon haiyan. drinking water and food cut off to millions. bodies are littering the streets and hanging from trees as well as. entire villages are gone. haiyan has been downgrade to do a tropical storm but still a killer and slamming into northeast vietnam overnight and we are getting reports of widespread destruction there as well. such a tragedy. we begin our coverage with andrew stephens live in the fips a philippines and can you tell us what is happening now? >> it's evening right now. >> reporter: i'm at the airport which is shattered by this huge tropical storm surge that came through here at 8:00 or 9:00 friday in the morning. a shell here but it's turning into a crucial point for recoveries and for getting relief supplies out to people. at the moment we are seeing relief planes coming in on a fairly regular basis and people walking out from the center of the city. it's ten miles or so so the center of the city. people are now taking it upon themselves to get out of the neighborhoods and get

livih haiyan leaving an entire city on edge. there's no much more we don't know about the damage further along the coast. this is going to take a long time to get the information out and it looks at this stage, chris, like it can only be more and more bad news. >> all right, obviously we have to follow this, so early in the process even though the storm is gone. we know the u.s. military is sending food, water, generators, also sending manpower, so needed in a situation like this, a group of marines flying in with more help behind them, they'll try rebuild the airport, that's important so more help can come in. paula hancocks has that part of the story. >> reporter: chris, the u.s. marines arrived here at the airport just this afternoon, an advanced team came to see the situation, what the needs were here, and then they came in with a c-130, and basically what they're going to be doing, supplying these c-130s, four of them supplying helicopters and also some forklifts and pallets and trucks, the infrastructure you need to get th

this is day eight since super typhoon haiyan hit. its easy to think by day eight with the aid that's coming, with the increasing improvements in

here's super typhoon haiyan as it hammered the philippines. the storm is stronger than a category 5 hurricane with wind gusts up to 235 miles per hour. and at this point, it's impossible to know how many people have been killed. we can confirm at least three deaths. seven people injured, but a state-run philippine news agency is now reported about 20 people have drowned. here you can actually see crews of barge workers trying to escape the huge storm surge. we don't know how many workers have actually been rescued. but watch how this monster storm has unfolded. >> the view from space, monstrous. its cloud cover alone takes up two thirds of the east asian island. haiyan first roars into samar 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 over quickly. but the morning light shed light on just how destructive this sto

. >> reporter: the terror began with haiyan's winds, gusts reaching 235 miles per hour, well above the threshold of a category 5 hurricane. all many can do is simply pray. as millions brace themselves against haiyan's winds and punishing rains, it is the storm surge that would cut the biggest path of destruction. walls of water up to 20 feet high, engulfing entire neighborhoods. the typhoon rages into the night. dawn brings an eerie calm after the storm, and with it, the first glimpses of haiyan. >> get international help to come here, not tomorrow, now, this is really, really like bad, worse than hell. >> your husband? >> reporter: >> reporter: worse than hell, buildings are now mangled piles of debris and metal. families search for their loved ones. >> i have not spoken to anyone who has not lost someone, a relative or someone close to them. >> reporter: officials fear up to 10,000 people dead. the exact number made difficult to determine, not only because of the endless piles of debris that may hold bodies, buts because the philippines is made up of thousands of islands. many live i

now with typhoon haiyan. and on and on and on. we have overheated the atmosphere, and we'll see stronger storms. how much of this storm was because of global warming, is it 10% or 90%? that is something we need more scientific research into, to find out. but to deny there is some kind of connection is at this point i think very irresponsible. it doesn't do justice, the terrible suffering we're seeing on the air right now on your program. >> well, indeed, let's play this clip from george clooney, the actor who talked about this today. >> if you have 99% of doctors who tell you that you are sick, and 1% who says you're fine, you probably want to check it up for the 99. you know what i mean? the idea that we ignore -- that we are in some way involved in climate change, is ridiculous. what is the worst that can happen? we clean up the world a little bit? >> doctor, back to you, good point, we can over-compensate for that. but what is the result of under-reacting on climate change, in the end more dangerous? >> well, even though i'm a

one week after typhoon haiyan ravaged that country. why residents are furious at their government and the new threat that is facing survivors. we are live with that. >>> a sinkhole swallowing homes in florida. why one victim is now saying that this tragedy, he thinks it could have been prevented. >>> this pip squeak with a 20 dollar mail order rifle would bring down the most powerful and glamorous man in the world in a millisecond it doesn't make sense. >> murders nearly 50 years. the murder and conspiracy still surrounding the death of john f. kennedy nearly 50 years ago. >> welcome back to "early start." >>> you could call it the great obama care apology. the president announcing a policy shift amid furor over millions of americans finding out their health care plans have been canceled largely as a result of the affordable care act. the president took the blame what he called the rocky rollout of the health care law. the president had said if you like your plan, you can keep it. now with the change announced thursday you may be able

typhoon haiyan. we'll have the latest in a moment. first, this is far from the only monsterous storm the planet has seen. gary tuck man has the story. >> reporter: we can see them coming but can't stop them. >> most people evacuated, but there are still a lot of people here. we have seen -- we have seen roofs collapse. we have seen signs go down. firefighters helping people to evacuate. >> reporter: these are some of the world's most powerful typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones that hit in modern history. the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. hit in 1935. unnamed and ripped through the florida keys. more than 400 people were killed. 34 years later in 1969 the second category five, hurricane camille frightened millions from mississippi to louisiana. camille reached 190 miles per hour as it spun in the warm water in august of that year. 259 people were killed. the third category five in 199 2, hurricane andrew, the end of august when it struck. >> the glass in the showers was actually vibrating and shaking. >> the build

a healthy baby boy named haiyan, named for a storm he will know nothing about. anderson cooper, cnn, tacloban, the philippines. >> people see something like this and want to try to help. please go to our website cnn.com/impact, a list of all kinds of way to participate in the relief effort there and they desperately need help. >>> president obama picked to head of the federal reserve goes to capitol hill for a confirmation here. janet yelleden is to say the best way to survive the economy and she has no plans to change the course set by outgoing chairman ben bernanke but expect tough talk. we are going to have much more coming up in our next half hour when christine romans joins us for "money time." this is one of her favorite subjects. >> so much going on capitol hill. >>> house republicans plan today to introduce articles of impeachment for attorney general eric holder. texas representative pete olson says holder has disregarded the rule of law not and not been forthcoming to the congress. it is not clear if they have support from the house leadership and the

and haiyan leaving an entire city on edge. it gives you an idea just the extent of the damage. and that u.s. support couldn't come soon enough. what this country does lack is the ability to get a large amount of material out to places by air. and that's exactly what the u.s. can provide, that is what's needed. so expecting to see u.s. choppers on the tarmac in front of me fairly soon. and that would -- should signal the relief effort really kicking off into high gear. it's going to take a long time with the u.s. support and other country as well, virtually every country has been offering assistance in some form or another. that's what the president of the philippines told me yesterday. but it is going to take a long time before they get the situation under control, before those people, victims are fed. they've got adequate and clean water, and they've got somewhere to live. >> all right. andr andrew, thanks so much. >>> we continue our coverage this morning with cnn's ivan watson who takes us above the damage to show us the path of this monster storm. >> reporter: following the

haiyan first roared into

what you're looking at there is typhoon haiyan, and it is now a category 3 typhoon. no longer a supertyphoon. its track is northern vietnam at this point. the rainfall will be the biggest threat at that point once it hits landfall. 115-mile-an-hour winds, sustained at 145-mile-an-hour gusting winds right now. and what's amazing about this, when you look at it, is how massive in size it is, and they were comparing it to covering canada -- from canada down to florida, just to give us some perspective. >> and we've seen the damage it's caused in the philippines, and we will see over the next day or so more of the damage thus far, the estimate from the philippine red cross, 1,200 dead. and that's just mostly in the city of tacloban. we'll continue to cover that, of course. but let's stay in outer space for just a moment, and just a sentence i've never actually said. [ laughter ] so the asteroid, space rocks, let's not think about that threat. there is another one possibly. >> yes. this 2,000-pound satellite. it ran out of fuel, and it will, make no doubt about it, fall b

. >>> it's been more than a week since haiyan destroyed the philippines. the problems facing the smallest victims. >>> as we approach the 50th anniversary of the president's assassination, what happened outside the public's view that day. >>> the day president kennedy was assassinated there were urgent messages. a lot of it recorded on tape. rare recordings that have only now been recovered from a general's personal event. jake tapper now. >> reporter: as history and tragedy were unfolding, radio and telephone communication squawked between the white house and air force one. >> this is situationroom. kennedy apparently shot in the head. he fell facedown in the backseat of the car. mrs. kennedy cried, oh no, and tried to hold up his head. >> the personal effects of general clifton jr., a military aid under president kennedy. >> they want a post mortem that needs to be done under law at walter reed. >> ed was tasked with remastering and piecing together the new tape with older, incomplete copies. >> it's spine tingling. it gives you goose bumps. >> reporter:

there was an earthquake too, all of this just days after super typhoon haiyan ravaged cities, towns and villages from one philippine island to the next. andrew stephens reports from the hard hit city of tacloban. >> more misery on the ground as some relief efforts are halted overnight when yet another storm hit the devastated city of tacloban. the strongest typhoon on record struck days ago, leaving behind a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scope. >> i am the only survivor of the family and i want to know if they are still alive. >> from the sky, miles of destruction as far as the eye can see. while on the ground, rows of lifeless bodies. >> only one missing is my eldest daughter. i hope she's alive. >> a church chapel now filled with the dead. inside a mother weeps over the loss of her son. >> i've experienced a lot of typhoon, but this is the worst thing. >> the living cover their noses and mouths because the stench is unbearable. as they search for their loved ones, a young student cries for her mother. >> translator: i still hear in tacloban, and i'm still alive. hundreds of tho

now with typhoon haiyan. and on and on and on. we have overheated the atmosphere, and we'll see stronger storms. how much of this storm was because of global warming, is it 10% or 90%? that is something we need more scientific research into, to find out. but to deny there is some kind of connection is at this point i think very irresponsible. it doesn't do justice, the terrible suffering we're seeing on the air right now on your program. >> well, indeed, let's play this clip from george clooney, the actor who talked about this today. >> if you have 99% of doctors who tell you that you are sick, and 1% who says you're fine, you probably want to check it up for the 99. you know what i mean? the idea that we ignore -- that we are in some way involved in climate change, what is the worst that can happen? we clean up the world a little bit? >> doctor, back to you, good point, we can over-compensate for that. but what is the result of under-reacting on climate change, in the end more dangerous? >> well, even though i'm a skeptic, i don'

typhoon haiyan. we'll have the latest in a moment. first, this is far from the only monsterous storm the planet has seen. gary talk muck man has the stor >> reporter: we can see them coming but can't stop them. >> most people evacuated, but there are still a lot of people here. we have seen -- we have seen roofs collapse. we have seen signs go down. firefighters helping people to evacuate. >> reporter: these are some of the world's most powerful typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones that hit in hod dern history. the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. hit in 1935. unnamed and ripped through the florida keys. more than 400 people were killed. 34 years later in 1969 the second category five, hurricane camil frightened millions from mississippi to louisiana. camille reached 190 miles per hour as it spun in the warm water in august of that year. 259 people were killed. the third category five in 199 2, hurricane candrew, the end o august when it struck. >> the glass in the showers was actually vibrating and shaking. >> the bu

i'm anderson cooper from the philippines, five days after the typhoon haiyan set in. this is a place where there is little food, little water, and there are many, many people in need. many people are trying to get out of here, getting out of the airport. there are scenes of people lining up, they've been lining up all night long. they wait in the airport. they frankly have nowhere else to go, because out there on the other side of the camera is what remains of tacloban, and it is not a pretty sight. dead bodies laying out near the wreckage of people's people sleeping out in the street. it's been five days since super typhoon haiyan slammed into the philippines, but there's been no concerted effort to retrieve the body the of those who died. the cleanup in some badly hit areas has barely started. everywhere you go, there are pleas for help. >> everything's gone. there's nothing to eat. there's nothing to drink. >> we need more people to help. >> reporter: help is on the way. u.s. service members are on the ground and ships are on the way. but right now there isn't enou

the confirmed death toll from the haiyan tie upon now stands at 2,275, although no one believes it's going to stay there. it's going to go up, more people are reported missing. bodies are still everywhere under that debris you're looking at there. body bags have started to arrive. but sadly not enough. authorities say 2 million people are in need of food and water. more than 11 million overall in some way impacted by the typhoon. >> tons of food from around the world have started arriving in the philippines. the world food program alone has brought in 2700 tons of rice, but most of the hoaxless and starving typhoon survivors, they have yet to actually receive that food aid. that is because this as you can imagine a logistical nightmare on the ground trying to get that aid to the many islands decimated by the storm. >> there are major logistical issues but also a lot of criticism of central government for not running the aftermath, the operation more efficiently. we're going to have a live report coming up from the disaster zone. >> then the justice department is clearing the way for

haiyan lashed to shore -- and tacloban's mayor was in its eye. they took refuge in its rafters. just feet below, killer waves. a short distance away, the wind sliced through city hall. for government official videoed these scenes. days on, debris that was once a city stubbornly refuses to give up the bodies of all of those who perished, or to give back the livelihoods smashed by the tempest. >> what is the latest there, carl on the ground in terms of the aid effort? are you actually starting to see aid in large quantities getting to those who need it most? >> reporter: well, anderson, this is a multi-tracker for right now. on the one hand you still have work going on to recover bodies. we have been talking to an american team that are handling cadaver dogs. they have been working down there by the shoreline, and they still say there is just far too much debris, to get to the bodies underneath. they simply don't have the heavy lifting equipment they need. then, on the other hand, if you listen to the government they say aid is arriving to survivors on a conveyer belt. well, we ha

the destruction caused by super typhoon haiyan is everywhere. it left a city cut off from the rest of the country. its people increasingly desperate. roads are impassable. medical supplies are running out. food and water are becoming scarce, and reports of looting widespread. it is impossible to estimate the cost in human life. we have seen bodies on the streets and we have seen bodies washing up on beaches. the philippines interior minister can only say the number of deaths will be high. it is estimated perhaps 1 million people live along the low lying coastline, the majority in rough built shacks. even if they could with stand the winds, they would not survive the storm surge, a huge perhaps five meter wall of water that spread across the city at the height of the storm at devastating speed. the water receded quickly, leaving a trail of destruction. people had been warned to evacuate, but not everybody took the advice. the priority here now is to clear the road to the airport so relief supplies can move in. 24 hours after the storm, the first

it's now three days after super typhoon haiyan has hit. officials estimate 10,000 lives have been lost. the official tally at this hour, 942, and another storm is on the way. debris blanketing tack lobtaclo

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no building escaping damage, the destruction caused by typhoon haiyan is everywhere. it left the city cut off from the rest of the country, its people increasingly desperate. roads are still impassable, all communications are down. medical supplies are running out. food and water are becoming scarce and reports of looting are widespread. it's impossible at this stage to estimate the cost in human life. we've seen bodies on the streets and we've seen bodies washing up on the beaches. the philippines interior minister can only say the number of deaths will be high. it's estimated perhaps 1 million people live along the low lying coastline, the majority of them in rough-built shacks. even if they could have withstood the winds, they would not have survived the storm surge, a huge perhaps five-meter wall of water that spread across the city at the height of the storm at devastating speed. the water receded as quickly as it came, leaving a trail of destruction. people have been warned to evacuate, but not everybody took the advice. the priority here now is to clear the roa

the storm surge from typhoon haiyan tore them from her husband's arms. aged 15, 13 and 8. only two bodies have been found. >> only one missing is my eldest daughter. i hope she's alive and we're hoping that she's alive and she was somewhere but is alive. >> reporter: she became emotional as she remembers seeing bodies float past her home. she says she was on the roof to avoid the water. they are just some of the victims congregating at the airstrip. many have walked for hours to get their first food since the storm. it's become the military's staging area. a first aid center is set up for cuts and bruises, but they can do little for a serious gash to the head. one of her first priorities, restoring communications. >> from today, maybe in 48 hours hopefully, we're now relying on satellite phones. >> reporter: as we move further inland, we come across more bodies. this is the local chapel effectively being turned into a morgue. inside are nine bodies, five of them are children. the military planes that bring life essentials in take the body bags out, as well as the injured t

the mayor and 14 others were here when haiyan struck. the surge devastated the building, six-in-thick concrete walls were smashed like tissue paper, he says. >> then suddenly boom the door bang, the other one door blasted open. water gushed in. >> reporter: as the waters rose, seven took their chances outside while the mayor and the rest climbed into the ceiling space. >> here the water was going up. so we had to go all the way in there where we climbed all the way up here. >> reporter: here. >> no. we had to move this over here. >> how high did the water go? >> almost to the ceiling here. >> reporter: there they stayed until it was safe. all 14 survived. but how when so many perished around them? >> you're just free. then you have to really think before you do something, can you do it. you have to know your capabilities. >> reporter: but it wasn't over yet. he still had to find whether his family had survived in another house about a mile away. they had. >> my wife kept saying, see, i told you, daddy's going to come. i told you he's goi

look at the size of haiyan in comparison to hurricane katrina. that's wild. >> we'll tap the global resources of cnn to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of the crisis in the philippines. we start off with anderson cooper. he's in tacloban. anderson, hoping you can hear us. what strikes you on the ground? we're being told this is unprecedented. >> it's truly a desperate situation on the ground. i was out just walking in some of the neighborhoods today. i mean, you don't see -- there's not really an organized relief effort here. there's efforts being made at the airport, there's people trying to get out, people trying to fly out. there are supplies coming in. but in terms of, you know, on day four, day five, you might expect to see more of an organized outreach into the communities. there are -- we saw one squad of firefighters from another town, local philippine firefighters who were here putting bodies into body bags. but you go down another street and there are family members waiting by the bodies of their children and they have nowhere

the first community hit by typhoon haiyan. almost everyone is homeless. 100% damaged. any buildings left standing? >> it was all dead, collapsed. >> reporter: we flew on a cargo plane carrying soldiers and life-saving supplies. they have an enormous job ahead. we have just landed at the airfield. and as can you see, all around us, these enormous palm trees have been snapped like twigs. everything has been flattened. so many filipinos across the disaster zone have lost everything. they have nowhere to go. many foreigners are des trat to leave or at least get in touch with their loved ones back home. >> i've got to go tell my family i'm alive. there's no communication here at all. >> reporter: u.s. forces are on the ground in the hardest hit areas planning to conduct a search and rescue mission and more help is coming. but after four days, they know they could be facing a recovery operation. whatever the final death toll, this country and its people are scarred by a storm more powerful and terrifying than anything they've seen in their lives. >> very scary. the sound was

it is getting desperate for the survivors of typhoon haiyan. the areas that are getting demolished are getting help from better places in that country. one city in the philippines getting ready to deploy to the worst hit towns. here is more on the aid that's come in from the city from the capital city of manila. >> reporter: it is mid united here. but u.s. marines are on the ground and they are out to change. earlier they arrived in hard-hit tacloban city. they are there with c-130 planes and aid. they have sent in special forces on the ground to deliver aid as well as a bid to restore law and order there. the situation on ground is very desperate. we're close to four days since the storm maid landfall and the skur viefrs are increasingly frustrated and angry. they're telling us that what we're going through is worst than hell. doctors telling cnn that they can't go on because they lack much needed supplies. aid is trickling in but only just barely. cnn, manila. >> and our thank you to her. >>> if you would like to help the super typhoon surviv

. >>> the aftermath from typhoon haiyan continues to unfold. beyond the death toll, more than 10 million filipinos have been displaced or rendered homeless. why was the impact so bad? and why was the response so slow? in many ways i suppose this was a perfect storm. in any event, i have two great guests joining me to delve into all this. steven flynn is the founding director of the center for resilient studies of northeastern university. he's advised both of the last two presidents on homeland security. and laurie garridy is a senior fellow on the council for foreign relations. steve, first to you, what part of this surprised you in terms of its severity in terms of the force? what took you by surprise? >> well, to some extent what took me by surprise was how slow we were to realize what a tremendous storm this was. it got very little coverage. in fact, i learned about it from a german friend on friday morning last week who shared the images of this incoming storm. right there it was clear that this was going to be a monumental event. with the

i'm anderson cooper from the philippines, five days after the typhoon haiyan set in. this is the place where there is little food. little water and many, many people in need. many people are trying to get out of here, get out of the airport. it seems people have been lining up all night long. they wait at the airport, they, frankly, have nowhere else to go. outside there is what

. >> four days since super typhoon haiyan hit. four days since they had solid meals or clean water to drink. 2 million people in need of food and some 800,000 people have been displaced and 2,400 injured and officially 1,774 lives lost. >> on top of all of this, a new storm and even an earthquake have hit the impacted areas. no word of any major damage from them. we do have some positive news. the president has reduced estimates of the full death toll to 2,500. plus, there is a lot of help pouring in. across the globe, at least $55 million have been pledged with $25 million of that coming from the united nations. >> an aircraft carrier "uss george washington" is headed to the island to help refuel and assist. now you are just about to hear how much relief is needed. survivors speaking to the cameras hoping that those they love are still alive. >> just devastating. >>> one storm chaser who just got out of the area described how his hunger and affected his thinking. >> i was lucky to get out of that airport. i was severely dehydrate

i'm anderson cooper from the philippines, five days after the typhoon haiyan set in. this is a place where there is little food, little water, and there are many, many people in need. many people are trying to get out of here, getting out of the airport. there are scenes of people lining up, they've been lining up all night long. they wait in the airport. they frankly have nowhere else to go, because out there on the other side of the camera is what remains of tacloban, and it is not a

. >>> now to the situation in the philippines, nearly a week after super typhoon haiyan hit, food, water and medical supplies continue to trickle into the country, as residents desperately search for their loved ones that were lost in the storm. there are reports now of looting. reportings of dentals, as victims try to find what they need to survivor. the death toll now stands at more than 1,800. two of them are americans. the president of the philippines tells cnn, the earlier estimates of 10,000 dead are likely too high. that's what he was saying yesterday. let's go to cnn's andrew stevens in tacloban. andrew, let's talk about the situation here today. we've been seeing the reports that anderson cooper has been sharing with us. and there are people living in makeshift areas surrounded by their dead loved ones. so we're trying to understand, what is the most immediate needs for people there. >> reporter: zoraida, there are so many immediate needs. this is the problem. the authorities here, the relief by local institutions are just not getting a grip on many of the issues. and there are,

this one is nothing like haiyan. but more floods and landslides are possible through tomorrow. they also didn't need an earthquake. that's right. an earthquake in the middle of all of this devastation. another silver lining, it was not powerful. but it certainly did not help an already impossible situation. united states marines are on the ground and in the air. and 5,000 sailors are on their way now. the aircraft carrier george washington cut short a port call in hong kong yesterday and it due to reach the philippines along with escort ships and 80plus aircraft. they expect to be reaching their destination there either tomorrow or possibly thursday. countless people are depending, depending to live on that relief because they just have nothing left and they have been waiting now for days. we followed a military aid flight into a remote peninsula where relief has been long overdue and the pictures from the air, they just speak volumes. >> reporter: as the disaster relief operation shoots into overdrive, the roar of engines from c-130 fills the air. we've been given permission t

i'm anderson cooper like from tacloban airport in the philippines are five days after typhoon haiyan, desperation set in. there is little food, little water and there are many, many people in need. many people are trying to get out of here, out of the airport. there are scenes of people lining up all around me. they have been lining up here all night long and just wait at the airport. they frankly have nowhere else to go because out there on the other side of the camera, is what remains of tacloban and it is not a pretty sight. dead bodies laying out near the wreckage of people's homes, people sleeping out in the streets with little food, little water, and few answers, frankly, about the relief effort. we're going to try to get answers over the course of the next hour. i just want to bring you up to date on what that we have seen in the last 24 hours. it's been five days since super typhoon haiyan sammed sloo the philippines but after that time there is no official death toll, no concerted effort to retrieve the bodies of those who died. the cleanup in some badly hit areas has barely