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In pictures: Haiyan’s havoc

In the city of Ormoc, those who survived the storm are now struggling to find food, water and medicine.

Ormoc, the second-largest city in the province of Leyte with a population of 200,000, was hit badly by Typhoon Haiyan.
By Ted Regencia
Published On 12 Nov 2013

Ormoc, Philippines – The second-largest city in the Philippines’ Leyte Province has been levelled by Typhoon Haiyan, which swept through the island nation this weekend and has now made landfall in Vietnam. The storm, whose winds gusted to as fast as 300 kilometres per hour, tore roofs from homes, destroyed shelters and killed at least 21 people in Ormoc.

“We did not expect that the devastation would be this overwhelming,” Edward Codilla, mayor of Ormoc City, said in an interview with Al Jazeera.

The city of about 200,000 is 120km south of Tacloban City, the area hit worst by the storm.

Haiyan barreled through Ormoc at least four hours earlier than forecasted.
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"We did not expect that the devastation would be this overwhelming," said Edward Codilla, the mayor of Ormoc City.
Bienvenido Matiga, the head of Ormoc(***)s disaster response team, reported at least 21 fatalities, 106 injured, and 8,000 evacuees.
As of Monday, phone communication has been partially restored, but electricity remains off.
As many as 10,000 people may have died in the storm overall, officials estimated.
About 90 percent of the city(***)s roofs were torn off by the typhoon.
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The national government is unable to deliver immediate help to the typhoon(***)s victims.
Haiyan(***)s winds gusted as fast as 300 kilometres per hour.
Many of those who have survived are now struggling to find food, water and medicine.
Before the typhoon made its first landfall in the Philippines, churches called on the faithfuls to say the "Oratio Imperata", a prayer for protection during major catastrophes.