Bodies piled in the streets as makeshift mortuaries are overrun and Philippine typhoon rescue teams warn death toll will 'rise sharply' from the 10,000 already confirmed

Typhoon Haiyan was a maximum category-five storm with gusts of up to 235mph

Authorities say in the city of Tacloban, Leyte, alone, 10,000 could be dead and 'two out of five bodies' are children



Tens of millions of pounds worth of aid has been pledged by countries around the world



Aid agencies say as many as 10million people could be in need of shelter, clean water and food



Mortuaries set up in remaining buildings like churches are overrun with bodies



Britain has pledged more than £10 million in aid and support for the Philippines and is sending war ship to area

Team of 12 British surgeons and paramedics sent to the region to help overstretched medics



US released immediate $100,000 and deployed USS George Washington, carrying 5,000 sailors and 80 aircraft






Thousands of bodies are being piled up on the streets of the Philippines after the devastating Typhoon Haiyan, as aid agencies warn the death toll will 'rise sharply'.



Police and soldiers have the grim task of searching through the wreckage for bodies after entire villages and parts of cities were flattened.



Makeshift mortuaries, set up in remaining intact buildings like churches, are overrun and body bags are being left outside in rows.



Tens of millions of pounds worth of aid has been pledged by countries around the world and agencies say as many as 10million people in the developing country are in need of basic supplies such as shelter, clean water and food.



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Clean up: Police and military personnel are removing bodies from the streets of Tacloban as they try to restore order

Victims: The bodies are just a tiny fraction of the death toll from the typhoon and agencies say mass graves are being filled with hundreds of people Typhoon victims: Bodies in bags are arranged in rows by military personnel beneath a tent that reads 'I love Tacloban'

Deadly: Members of the Philippine National Police move dozens of bags of bodies of people killed by the devastating storm in Tacloban

Dreadful task: Soldiers pull bags filled with typhoon victims from the floor waters and leave them on higher ground

Rescue effort: The Philippine's Special Reaction Unit join soliders in the search for the bodies of victims of Typhoon Haiyan

Scavenging: A young boy pushing a trolley in search of water passes a coffin containing a victim of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban

Search: Rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard ride on a life raft during a search and rescue operation in Tacloban

Thousands of children have been killed in the category-five storm and one charity worker said two out of every five corpses she had seen were youngsters.



Lynette Lim, of Save the Children, said: 'We are witnessing the complete devastation of a city. In Tacloban everything is flattened. Bodies litter the street, many, many of which are children. From what I saw, two out of every five bodies was that of a child.

'Children are particularly vulnerable in disasters. We fear for how many children have been washed away in floods, crushed under falling buildings and injured by flying debris.



'Many are separated from their families amid the devastation, and all are in desperate need of food, water and shelter.'

In the worst-hit areas, 235mph winds created 20ft waves that are thought to have killed between 10,000 and 15,000 and left 500,000 homeless after their houses were reduced to splinters.

Super-typhoon Haiyan struck with such force on Friday that entire villages were flattened, ships were swept inland and corpses were left hanging from trees.



Please help us: Thousands of children and families are still in desperate need of the basics of shelter, food and clean water

A woman and child get on board an air force rescue plane bound for Cebu Island at an airport in Tacloban City. Charities are extremely concerned for the children in the typhoon-country, as they are particularly vulnerable

A father carries the lifeless body of his daughter on the way to the morgue after super typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban City in Leyte province

Children wait for medical airlift in the devastated town of Guiuan, eastern Samar province. Youngsters have been washed away in floods, crushed under falling buildings and injured by flying debris

Desperate survivors of the devastating Philippines typhoon told how they had to steal from the dead to eat.

The Disasters Emergency Committee, made up of 14 UK charities, has made an emergency appeal for funds as fears continue that the death toll from the typhoon will rise and it is estimated that more than 10 million people will be left in need of aid.

The UK is deploying a Royal Navy warship and donating £10 million of humanitarian assistance in aid for the victims, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Britain will also deploy RAF military transport aircraft to aid recovery efforts, earmarking at least one C-17 cargo plane to move humanitarian aid and large equipment.

David Cameron said: 'We've all seen the appalling devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan, with heart-breaking scenes played across our TV screens," Mr Cameron said.

'Today's Disasters Emergency Committee appeal launch is a vital step to ensure aid agencies can provide essential relief to those most affected by this unprecedented disaster.'

He added: 'I am proud that the British public have always shown an unfailing generosity for helping those in need and I know their response to this appeal will be no different.'

The Prime Minister is also sending a team of 12 British surgeon and paramedics.



Survivors cover their noses from the stench of bodies left on streets of typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city. Families all are in desperate need of food, water and shelter

Safe delivery: Cheers broke out this morning when 21-year old Emily Ortega gave birth to a baby girl in the city of Tacloban. The expectant mother had to swim through floods Distressed: A distraught mother cuddles her sick baby aboard a military helicopter Vulnerable: A child waits with fellow survivors at the airport. Aid agencies say they are particularly concerned about the elderly, disabled and children



Britain is providing forklift trucks, cutting equipment and 4x4s to help clear and re-open runways and roads.



Temporary shelters, blankets and water purification tablets for 300,000 people are also being sent, as well as essential household goods like buckets, soap and sanitary items.



International Development Secretary Justine Greening said: 'The scenes of utter devastation in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan are shocking in their scale and we know that the survivors, especially vulnerable children and women, now face a grim and uncertain future.

'Britain is determined to stand by the Philippines and we have now pledged a total of £10 million to get 800,000 people the food, water and shelter they urgently need.

'On top of this, we are deploying the destroyer HMS Daring and at least one RAF C-17 to the disaster zone to give powerful help to the relief operation and get aid to the areas that are hardest to reach and where the need is greatest.'

Young boys eat beside the statue of US General Douglas McArthur at the Leyte Landing Memorial in Leyte, Philippines, four days after the typhoon devastated the region

Help: The British Royal Navy warship HMS Daring docked is being sent to the Philippines with a RAF C-17 plane to aid in relief efforts On route: The USS Antietam from the George Washington Battle Group has set sail from Hong Kong for the Philippines to help in the relief effort

Cargo ships washed ashore four days after super typhoon Haiyan hit Anibong town. Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine today

BEFORE: The port and shanty housing in Tacloban city before Friday's catastrophic events. In the worst-hit areas, 235mph winds created 20ft waves that are thought to have killed between 10,000 and 20,000 and left 500,000 homeless



In need: Typhoon survivors take shelter from the rain as they queue up in the hopes of boarding an evacuation flight in Tacloban Battle for survival: Survivors are desperately trying to find shelter and enough food and clean water in the devastated city of Tacloban Wanting out: Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it Poignant: A young child dressed in a Christmas hat walks through the wreckage caused by the super typhoon Meanwhile, Australia announced assistance of 10 million Australian dollars (£5.8 million) and the US government is organising emergency shipments of critically needed material and issuing an immediate 100,000 US dollars (£62,000) for relief efforts. The United Nations today began an appeal for about £200million in aid to help people hit by the huge typhoon. 'We've just launched an action plan focusing on the areas of food, health, sanitation, shelter, debris removal and also protection of the most vulnerable with the government and I very much hope our donors will be generous,' humanitarian chief Valerie Amos told reporters in Manila Japan said it will fly a relief team over to the ravaged country and Taiwan is sending 200,000 US dollars (£125,000) in aid. DEC chief Salah Saeed told BBC Breakfast: 'There is a staggering number of people who need our help at the moment. 'The priority at the moment is reaching those in remote areas. We are obviously seeing pictures of people who have already been reached and those images that are before us are really staggering. Hungry: Typhoon victims queue for free rice at a businessman's warehouse in Tacloban, as aid agencies warned about food shortages in the city Makeshift: The dire shortage of shelter in Leyte province has left survivors forced to use the wreckage of houses

In shock: Thousands of children have died in the disaster and aid agencies are warning they are particularly vulnerable Alone: A young boy uses the remains of some parts of a house to shield him from the rain in Tacloban city Emergency: An ill baby, hooked up to a drip, disembarks from a Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane at Villamor Airbase 'But we also have to think of those in remote islands, in remote villages, where we are unable to see what their conditions are. 'The priority, of course, is to reach those. The second is to make sure that we get food, water and shelter to them. 'It is a huge task but it is possible and we need help as soon as possible. We are urging people to log on to our website and help in any way that they can.' The USS George Washington, which carries 5,000 sailors and more than 80 aircraft, has also been deployed by America to help distribute aid and evacuate injured survivors.

Handicap International said it was sending a team of emergency specialists to support the organisation's staff already working in the country. These specialists will help the most vulnerable individuals, such as people with disabilities, older people and children.

'The devastation is worse than in Bandah Aceh, Indonesia, following the 2004 tsunami,' Edith van Wijngaarden, the charity's programme director in the Philippines, said.

Supplies: Members of the Japanese Disaster Relief Team carry goods as they arrive to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan Desperation: Thousands of Tacloban residents who had walked miles and queued for days are held back by soldiers as they try to rush towards military planes evacuating people to Manila Concern: Vulnerable people, including the elderly, children and breastfeeding women queue for hours for a seat on a plane Destroyed: Cars, vans, trees and houses have all been wrecked by the typhoon - one of the strongest storms ever recorded 'I'm particularly worried about the most vulnerable individuals. When nothing is left standing and the local infrastructure has been destroyed, people with disabilities, older people and children are particularly vulnerable.' Tim Harding, from Sunderland, said he was one of many foreigners who were volunteering at a Manila Red Cross centre. Mr Harding said he had planned to have a holiday with his wife, who is originally from the Philippines, but it had instead become a volunteer mission.

'It's good to see everyone getting on, doing a job where race, nationality, income level, nothing matters at all,' he said.

'There's only one priority here and that's to get together, get stuck in and do the greater good.' Mr Harding said he would help wherever he could for the next few weeks, a mindset shared by other foreigners hailing from not only the UK, but elsewhere in Europe and the world.

'There's a lot of panic going on here. Although we just got some good news a few minutes ago that a three-year-old child had actually been rescued in the debris at a place in Tacloban city. There was a big cheer that went up.' Distraught: A mother cries after her family failed to take a flight on a C-130 military plane out of Tacloban Repairs: In Tacloban, a survivor reconstructs his destroyed house amid scenes of utter devastation Even as families began to grieve for their dead, they faced a grim battle to find shelter and forage for food and clean water. Dazed survivors walked the streets ‘like zombies looking for food’ while looters ransacked shops and mobs attacked aid trucks loaded with food, tents and water. Reports of lawless gangs targeting ATMs and electrical shops forced President Benigno Aquino to deploy police and army troops to the area to restore calm. He sent ' a column of armoured vehicles' to Tacloban to show the 'government's resolve and to stop this looting.' Many areas were left without clean water, electricity or food and relief workers said some regions were cut off for days after the storm hit.

The death toll may soar once the true extent of the damage is known. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he told Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario that the United States is fully committed to helping the Philippines recover from one of the most powerful typhoons on record.

Loss: A mother weeps beside the dead body of her son at a chapel in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban

A ship was washed ashore in the huge storm. Surging sea water strewed debris for miles and survivors said the devastation was like a tsunami

Villagers walk past a body of victim laying on a pier in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province

Children pull sacks of goods they recovered from abandoned stores as they go past the rubble of houses in Tacloban

A woman mourns in front of her husband's dead body, which lies no the street under tarpaulin alongside other bodies



An injured Filipino boy stands in front of the rubble of houses in Tacloban - destroyed by the typhoon that has left thousands of people dead

Terrifying: Filipino children are seen in the city of Tacloban, Leyte. Behind them is a scene of devastation with homes flattened and debris lying in the street Survivors queued for handouts of rice, covering their faces with rags to keep the stench of death out.

Shopkeepers said looters forced their way into stores that had survived the storm, only to be ransacked. There were reports of ATM machines being broken open. Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said the devastation was overwhelming, adding: ‘It’s really horrific. It’s a great human tragedy.’

An average of 20 major storms or typhoons, many of them deadly, hit the Philippines each year and it is particularly vulnerable because it is often the first major landmass for the storms after they build over the Pacific Ocean. The poverty-stricken country has already endured a year of earthquakes and floods, with no fewer than 24 disastrous weather events. The Philippines suffered the world's strongest storm of 2012, when Typhoon Bopha left about 2,000 people dead or missing on the southern island of Mindanao. The Philippines has known disaster at the hands of mother nature as recently as 2011 when typhoon Washi killed 1,200 people, displaced 300,000 and destroyed more than 10,000 homes.

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