Typhoon Haiyan Devastates Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, slammed into the Philippines on Nov. 8, setting off landslides, knocking out power in one entire province, and cutting communications in the country's central region of island provinces.

Early estimates predict the typhoon killed approximately 10,000 people and displaced more than 600,000. The United Nations said some survivors had no food, water or medicine. Relief operations were hampered because roads, airports and bridges had been destroyed or were covered in wreckage, it said.

Click “next” to see scenes of the devastation in the Philippines, especially the hard-hit Tacloban city.

An aerial image taken from a Philippine Air Force helicopter shows the devastation of the first landfall by typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on Nov. 11, 2013. Authorities said at least 2 million people in 41 provinces had been affected by Haiyan and at least 23,000 houses had been damaged or destroyed.

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A large boat sits on top of destroyed homes after it was washed ashore by strong waves caused by Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban city, Leyte province . Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine provinces Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and hundreds of people dead.

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Tacloban Airport is covered by debris.

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A survivor walks beside another ship that was washed ashore, hitting makeshift houses near an oil depot, in Tacloban city. The typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced an unimaginably huge recovery effort that had barely begun Monday, as bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.

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Survivors look up at a military C-130 plane as it arrives at Tacloban city. Stunned survivors picked through the remains of their homes Monday and pleaded for food and medicine as the Philippines struggled to deal with what is likely its deadliest natural disaster.

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A man and his family bring the remains of his one-year-old baby in a makeshift wooden coffin in Tacloban city.

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Survivors move past the damage to homes and automobiles caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city.

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Residents watch as others throw goods from a warehouse in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province, after typhoon Haiyan devastated the town.

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An Armoured Personnel Carrier patrols the streets of downtown to maintain order as reports of rampant looting spreads in Tacloban city.

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