Photos: aftermath of super Typhoon Haiyan

By Editor

Nov 10, 2013 06:55 PM EST

Residents fetch water from an artesian well after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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Survivors walk near their damaged house after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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An aerial view shows flooded rice fields after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo Province, central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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Survivors wait for medical assistance after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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Overturned vehicles are seen at a rice field after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines, November 9, 2013.
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Survivors of super Typhoon Haiyan wait for medical assistance outside an airport in typhoon battered Tacloban city, in central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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Survivors who lost their homes use a Jeepney public bus as shelter after a super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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Survivors walk past a damaged town after strong winds brought by super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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Children play near electric posts which were damaged after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines, November 9, 2013. (Photo : REUTERS)
Debris litter a damaged airport after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 9, 2013.
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Thousands of homes lie destroyed near the fishport after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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Survivors walks past uprooted palm trees after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 9, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
An aerial view shows damaged houses on a coastal community, after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo Province, central Philippines, November 9, 2013.
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Damaged passenger boarding stairs are seen after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines, November 9, 2013.
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Residents carry the body of a loved one after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines, November 9, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
Survivors queue to get water from a faucet near damaged houses after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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Thousands of homes are destroyed after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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Survivors drag an unidentified body towards rescuers after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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Residents hang a sign asking for a help in front of a catholic church after strong winds brought by super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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A fishing boat which slammed into damaged houses lie atop debris after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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Residents walk on a road littered with debris after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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A pregnant woman cooks a meal inside a building overlooking destroyed houses after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
Survivors walk under a fallen electric post after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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Survivors reach out to receive medicine from a passing vehicle along the devastated downtown after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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Survivors walk past bodies swept by flood waters after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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The body of a typhoon victim lies on a door after Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
A boy who was wounded by flying debris due to Super Typhoon Haiyan stays at the ruins of his family's house in Tacloban city November 10, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
Survivors stay in their damaged house after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
Residents pray inside a damaged catholic church after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
Empty coffins lie on a street near houses damaged after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)
People stand among debris and ruins of houses destroyed after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013. (Photo : Reuters)

Rescue workers struggled to reach ravaged towns and villages in the central Philippines on Monday as they tried to deliver aid to survivors of a powerful typhoon that killed an estimated 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.

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