10.22pm GMT

We're going to wrap up our live blog coverage for the day. Here's a summary of where things stand:

• Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos remained without basic necessities at the start of day 5 after typhoon Haiyan made landfall. Aid was coming in by helicopter, airplane and boat, but roads were still impassable in the hardest-hit areas and many residents are still unsure of finding food, water, shelter and medical care.

• The United Nations raised an alarm of a greater humanitarian disaster if aid is not accelerated, expressing concern about "growing tension and trauma on the ground, especially among vulnerable women and children." The UN set a goal of raising $301m in aid for the Philippines.

• The government said 1,798 died, 2,582 were injured and 82 remain missing. The president said the final death toll was expected to fall between 2,000 and 2,500.

• Residents whose homes were destroyed in the storm resorted to pleading along roadways for food. There were fuel, cash and water shortages. In some areas hundreds of people crowded into improvised relief centers. Aid workers had yet to reach some rural areas. Bodies remain unburied along roads. "The biggest obstacle right now," the UNICEF director said, "is access."

• The US Navy sent nine ships to the region, with the largest, the nuclear-powered USS George Washington aircraft carrier, expected to arrive within 48-72 hours. President Obama spoke with President Aquino Tuesday, offering condolences and promising support.

• Numerous international aid organizations prepared to ship or shipped clothes, medicine, comestibles, tents and other supplies. Here's a list of aid groups at work in the area.