The Philippine government on Friday defended its efforts to deliver assistance to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, many of whom have received little or no assistance since the monster storm struck one week ago.
Mobs overran a rice warehouse on the island worst hit by the Philippine typhoon, setting off a wall collapse that killed eight people and carting off thousands of sacks of the grain, while security forces Wednesday exchanged gunfire with an armed gang.
The death toll following last Friday's devastating typhoon in the eastern Philippines stands at more than 1,700 people, but officials say more than 10,000 could be dead.
Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings — some of the thousands believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves.
New Jersey Filipinos watch with concern for thelr loved ones after Typhoon Haiyan left the central Philippines as possibly the deadliest natural disaster on record there.