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In pictures: Agony of Philippines

Government and aid workers grapple to get aid to those in need, 600,000 of whom are said to be homeless.

(***)The need is massive, the need is immediate, and you can(***)t reach everyone.(***) Mar Roxas, Philippine interior secretary, said on Friday
Published On 15 Nov 2013

It has been a week since Typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippines, killing thousands and devastating communities from Guiuan in the east, where the storm first made landfall, to the major city of Tacloban as well as communities to the west. As government and aid workers grapple to get aid to those in need, 600,000 of whom are said to be homeless, Al Jazeera takes a closer look at the destruction the typhoon has left in its wake.

At least 600,000 people have been displaced, with authorities struggling to meet their immediate needs.
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Many of the typhoon victims have received little or no assistance since the storm struck one week ago.
But the Philippine government has defended its efforts to deliver assistance to victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
The response comes as government officials give conflicting estimates of the death toll, which is expected to rise further when the missing are declared dead and remote regions reached.
Given the scale of the disaster, the conflicting figures are not unusual.
The pace of the aid effort has picked up over the last 24 hours, with food, water, medical supplies and trained staff dipsached to the region by foreign goverments.
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