Philippine authorities and aid agencies face a humanitarian crisis, with the number of people displaced by the catastrophe estimated at four million.

Finger-pointing in the Philippines is sure to worsen as the typhoon’s official death toll rises to nearly 4 000.

Substantial food and medical aid has finally began reaching the desperate survivors of the Philippines super typhoon.

The Philippine government has increased its death toll from super Typhoon Haiyan to 3 621 – a figure which is still well below the UN’s estimate.

Eight people were crushed to death when a crowd of survivors from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines stormed a government rice store, says an official.

Taking the devastation wrought on their country as a warning, the Philippine delegation at COP19 has called for urgent progress on climate change.

In the devastating aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippine government has set up checkpoints and set a curfew in efforts to end looting.

The UN, Australia and the US have mobilised emergency aid as the scale of the devastation unleashed by super typhoon Haiyan emerges.