Health crisis erupts in Philippines following deadly Typhoon Haiyan

Officials say that 10,000 may have died after the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines. As survivors assess the damage, Joseph Curry, with Catholic relief services says that victims are in desperate need of help rebuilding their homes.

One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, with huge waves sweeping away entire coastal villages and devastating the region's main city. Photo by Bullit Marquez / AP

    On Monday a health crisis erupted in Tacloban, Philippines, a city which was devastated by one of most violent storms to ever hit land as survivors of Typhoon Haiyan begged for help and picked through the wreckage for food. There wasn't enough clean water and cases of dysentery in this city and the city was without electricity and facing severe water and food shortages.
       This city has over 200,00 people, there are 10,000 plus death after this disaster. Bodies lay in the streets of Tacloban as survivors stumbled among the shells of shattered buildings and splintered trees. The Filipino Americans around the nation are offering prayers and fundraisers to help in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

This was published on Monday November 11, 2013, by Nancy Snyderman, Harry Smith and F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News, on NBC WORLD News. This photo was taken by Bullit Marquez / AP.
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