Nov 12, 2013

As of Monday night, nearly 10,000 were reported dead in Tacloban city alone, with thousands more reported missing. The United Nations expects the death toll to rise sharply as more remote areas are accessed. Millions have been affected, and relief efforts have begun across the world.

: Military personnel and members of the Philippine’s Special Reaction Unit search for the bodies of victims of Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 near Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)

: Residents search for food at a damaged warehouse belonging to the National Food Authority in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)

: A survivor carries her daughter’s stuffed teddy bears on November 12, 2013 near Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)

: A man sits crying on a packed C130 aircraft as emotions take over after he and hundreds of other victims of super Typhoon Haiyan are evacuated from the area on November 12, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

: A man carrying provisions walks through an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Survivors walk over debris as they pass through an area devasted by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: A woman sits on a chair amongst the debris of what is left of her house after the area was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Oxfam employees prepare and check aid in Oxfam’s Emergency Warehouse which is to be shipped to the Philippines to assist the humanitarian crisis following Typhoon Haiya on November 12, 2013 in Bicester, England. Oxfam is initially providing 16 tonnes of aid, with a value of 212,000 GBP, comprising of water, sanitation and emergency shelters. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

: Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan wait to board a C130 aircraft during the evacuation of hundreds of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

: An elderly lady is carried to a waiting C130 aircraft during the evacuation of hundreds of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

: Emotions run high as loved ones are split apart boarding aircraft during the evacuation of hundreds of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

: Survivors pause at the side of a street in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Stranded American missionaries are evacuated by US troops on a V22 Osprey on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Young boys eat beside the statue of US General Douglas McArthur at the Leyte Landing Memorial on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Two people ride bikes through an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Aid workers disembark a V-22 Osprey as they arrive to assist survivors in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Evacuees wait for their turn to board a military aircraft on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: A woman holds a child surrounded by debris in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Evacuees wait for their turn to board a military aircraft on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Japanese doctors from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) carry medical supplies on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Survivors wait in line to recieve relief goods in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Stranded American missionaries are evacuated by the US military on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Survivors wait in line to receive relief goods in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Police personnel clear a road filled with debris in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Survivors walk through a road filled with debris in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Japanese doctors from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) carry medical supplies on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Evacuees wait for their flight inside an airport lounge flooded with water in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Children pack a motorbike’s sidecar as they travel along a street in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: A woman walks through a road filled with debris in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: A man reconstructs his destroyed house in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte in November 12, 2013. The Philippine government said it had deployed armoured vehicles, set up checkpoints and imposed a curfew to help end looting in a city devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Tacloban — on the central island of Leyte — bore the brunt of Friday’s category-five storm with at least 10,000 people feared to have died there, according to the United Nations. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

: Survivors of the super Typhoon Haiyan, wait for a C-130 military plane at Tacloban airport, Leyte province, central Philippines, on November 12, 2013, days after super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city on November 8, as residents desperately leave the city due to approaching storm.. The death toll from a super Typhoon that decimated the entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000 authorities warned Novenmber 10, making it the country’s worst recorded natural disaster, as desperate and hungry victims looted shops. (Ted Aljibeted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

: A the sun sets over a house damaged by Typhoon Haiyan outside the airport in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 12, 2013 after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, which would make it the country’s deadliest recorded natural disaster. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

: An armored vehicle patrols in a street of Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 12, 2013 after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The UN launched an appeal for a third of a billion dollars on November 12 as US and British warships steamed towards the typhoon-ravaged Philippines where well over 10,000 people are feared dead. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

: Dead bodies are unloaded at a makeshift morgue in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 12, 2013 after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The UN launched an appeal for a third of a billion dollars on November 12 as US and British warships steamed towards the typhoon-ravaged Philippines where well over 10,000 people are feared dead. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

: An employee of French humanitarian-aid NGO Doctors without Borders (MSF) prepares an emergency shipment as part of the reconstruction aid for Philippines aiming at helping victims of super typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 at the NGO’s logistic centre in Merignac, southwestern France. (Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images)

: A family stand at their temporary shelter amongst the debris in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on November 12, 2013, after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, which would make it the country’s deadliest recorded natural disaster. (Ted Aljibeted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

: Policemen patrol the street near the airport in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on November 12, 2013, after super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, which would make it the country’s deadliest recorded natural disaster. (Ted Aljibeted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

: A resident clutches the remains of her family’s possessions after their house was destroyed at the height of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on November 12, 2013. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, which would make it the country’s deadliest recorded natural disaster. (Ted ALjibeted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman clutches the remains of her family’s possessions after their house was destroyed at the height of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on November 12, 2013. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people which would make it the country’s deadliest recorded natural disaster. (Ted Aljibeted ALjibe/AFP/Getty Images)

: People leave on a boat against the backdrop of a destroyed fishing community after the Super typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 12, 2013. Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest on record, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province where officials fear 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like wall of seawater. (Edgar Su/REUTERS)

: Children play outside the Tacloban City Convention Center, which has become a makeshift refuge center for displaced people after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 12, 2013. Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest on record, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province where officials fear 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like wall of seawater. (Edgar Su/REUTERS)