Gallery: Philippines typhoon tragedy

Emily Sagalas (centre R), 21, lies exhaused on a debris-filled floor at a makeshift medical facility after giving birth in Tacloban. Photo: Jason Gutierrez/AFP

Emily Sagalas (centre R), 21, lies exhaused on a debris-filled floor at a makeshift medical facility after giving birth in Tacloban. Photo: Jason Gutierrez/AFP

Philippine and US military personnel unload relief goods from a US military C-130 plane at Tacloban airport in the central Philippines after Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city. Picture: Ted Aljibe

Homeless residents sit inside a damaged vehicle used as a makeshift shelter after super typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, central Philippines. Photo: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

A man dries rice bran in front of his house damaged by super Typhoon Haiyan in Hernani, Samar, in central Philippines. Picture: Erik De Castro/Reuters

Residents cover their noses as they walk past devastated houses after super typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, central Philippines. Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine. Photo: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

An aerial view of a fishing village in Guiwan town, devastated by super Typhoon Haiyan, in Samar province in central Philippines. Picture: Erik De Castro/Reuters

Thousands of homes lie destroyed near the fishport after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines. Picture: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Survivors seek refuge inside a Catholic church which has been converted into an evacuation center after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines. Picture: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

An aerial view of devastation and a ship after it was swept at the height of super typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city in central Philippines.

A cargo ship washed ashore is seen days after super typhoon Haiyan hit Anibong town, Tacloban city, central Philippines. Picture: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Philippine Special Forces prepare to board a US C-130 military plane heading to the disaster struck area of Tacloban to help provide security in the central part of the country. Photo: Jay Directo/AFP