The news from the Philippines, where it’s feared that last week’s powerful Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 10,000 people, isn’t getting better as hundreds of thousands of people struggle to survive and authorities struggle to get help to them.

“Its absolute bedlam right now,” says Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross.  “There’s an awful lot of casualties, a lot of people dead all over the place, a lot of destruction.”

According to the BBC, a huge international relief effort is underway, but rescue workers have struggled to reach some towns and villages cut off since the storm.

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