10,000 estimated dead in wake of history’s strongest storm

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Image provided by NASA shows Typhoon Haiyan taken by Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg aboard the International Space Station Saturday Nov. 9, 2013. AP/NASA, Karen L. Nyberg

An aerial view shows damaged houses on a coastal community, after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo Province Reuters/Raul Banias

An aerial view shows damaged structures as residents unload relief goods from a helicopter after Typhoon Haiyan hit a village in Panay island in northern Iloilo Province

Residents unload relief goods from a helicopter after Typhoon Haiyan hit a village in Panay island in northern Iloilo Province Reuters/Leo Solinap

Soldiers walks past the damaged area of an airport after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city. Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

An aerial view shows flooded rice fields after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo Province, central Philippines

An aerial view shows flooded rice fields after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo Province Reuters/Leo Solinap

Haiyan was packing maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometres per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 250 kph as it neared the Philippines, the weather bureau said.

A Filipino boy scales a brakewater at a coastal village in Las Pinas city, south of Manila, Philippines. EPA/Francis R. Malasig

A woman stands amidst the devastation brought about by powerful Typhoon Haiyan at Tacloban city. AP/Bullit Marquez

Tacloban city AP/Bullit Marquez

An aerial shot shows a flooded area in the aftermath of Supper Typhoon Haiyan that smashed into coastal communities on the central Philippines in Iloilo. AFP/Getty/Raul Banias

A Philippine flag flutters atop the control tower of a damaged airport after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city. Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

An aerial view shows damaged houses after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo Province, central Philippines November 9, 2013. One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall devastated the central Philippines,… Reuters/Raul Banias

Residents walk along coastal village while strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered Bayog town in Los Banos

Residents walk along the coastal village while strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered Bayog town in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila. Reuters/Charlie Saceda

Boys play next to strong waves in a coastal village as strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered Bayog town in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila. Reuters/Charlie Saceda