Typhoon victims begin long road to recovery
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into several central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands of people dead.
Read more: Philippines typhoon dead buried in mass grave in hard-hit Tacloban as aid begins to pour in
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An elderly woman is evacuated from the airport in Tacloban, Nov. 13, 2013.
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A soldier carries one-day-old baby Ian Daniel Honrado to a waiting military transport plane, at the Tacloban airport, Nov. 13, 2013.
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Soldiers rush a typhoon survivor after she collapsed in a line to board a military transport plane at Tacloban airport, Nov. 13, 2013.
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Workers start to arrange body bags at a mass burial site at the Basper public cemetery in Tacloban, Nov. 14, 2013.
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A survivor waits for treatment at a makeshift clinic at the airport in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city, Nov. 13, 2013.
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A woman rests by the roadside with her family's belongings near the Typhoon Haiyan-ravaged town of Tacloban, Nov. 13, 2013.
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Typhoon Haiyan survivors walk through ruins in the village of Maraboth, in the Philippines, Nov. 14, 2013.
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A woman and her child plead from the frantic crowd to be prioritized on an evacuation flight in Tacloban, Nov. 14, 2013.
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Typhoon Haiyan survivors ride motorbikes through the ruins of the destroyed town of Guiuan, Philippines, Nov. 14, 2013.
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Typhoon survivors are reflected in a puddle of rain water, as they wait for a Philippine Air Force C-130 military aircraft to evacuate them, Nov. 14, 2013, in Tacloban city.
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A young boy shields himself from the rain while waiting for an evacuation flight at the airport in Tacloban, Nov. 14, 2013.
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Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes.
Authorities said at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon, known as Haiyan elsewhere in Asia but called Yolanda in the Philippines. It was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation.
Read more: Philippines typhoon victims beg for help as aid slowly trickles in
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Philippine military personnel try to prioritize children and women as people wait for evacuation flights in Tacloban, central Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies.
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Newborn baby Bea Joy is held as mother Emily Ortega, 21, rests after giving birth at an improvised clinic at Tacloban airport, Nov. 10, 2013.
Bea Joy was named after her grandmother Beatrice, who was missing following the onslaught of typhoon Haiyan.
Ortega was in an evacuation center when the storm surge hit and flooded the city. She had to swim to survive before finding safety at the airport.
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LEYTE, PHILIPPINES - NOVEMBER 12: Evacuees wait for their turn to borad a military aircraft 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)
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A survivor from Tacloban, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan gestures while sitting on the ground after disembarking a Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft at the Villamor Airbase, in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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A resident looks at houses damaged by typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban city, Nov. 10, 2013.
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Residents evacuate the area in Tacloban City, Philippines, Nov. 10, 2013.
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A man sits crying on a packed C130 aircraft after he and hundreds of other victims of Typhoon Haiyan are evacuated from the area in Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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Affected residents wait in line to receive relief goods in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, in Leyte, Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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A family surveys what is left of their home in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte, Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they line up to board a C-130 military transport plane, in Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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A man holds a child as they wait to board a military aircraft that will take them to a hospital in Leyte, Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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A woman weeps as she carries a child to a military aircraft to evacuate the area which has been devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, in Leyte, Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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A Philippine air force officer hands out orange slices to typhoon survivors as they line up to board a C-130 military transport plane, in Tacloban city, central Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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A survivor from Tacloban, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, cries while talking on a mobile phone after disembarking a Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft at the Villamor Airbase, in Manila, Nov. 12, 2013.
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Residents cover their nose from the smell of dead bodies in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines, Nov. 10, 2013.
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Philippine military personnel try to prioritize children and women as they wait for evacuation flights in Tacloban, central Philippines, Nov. 12, 2013.
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Residents line up to receive treatment and relief supplies at Tacloban airport following Typhoon Haiyan, Nov. 11, 2013.