MANILA, Philippines - Hungry, thirsty and weary, survivors of super typhoon Yolanda's intense blow on the Visayas grow more desperate by the day that they start building distress signals for aircrafts.



In a photo taken by the Associated Press' Wally Santana, signs for help, water and food are written in the street amid destroyed homes, buildings and churches in the coastal town of Tanawan.



Another photo released by the United States Embassy in Manila shows a huge "HELP" sign scribbled across grass amid flattened bamboo and tin houses in another coastal area in Leyte.

Some survivors also walked through ruins of their neighborhood in Tacloban. On the floor, is a painted plea by a man named J.R. Apan for rescuers and authorities, hoping for aid to arrive.

Apan said in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday that he has not yet received food and water supplies since th super typhoon struck last week, despite tons after tons of relief goods from other parts of the country and abroad.