• Damaged houses are seen in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines. The United States will send an aircraft carrier and other Navy ships along with 20 million US dollar in emergency humanitarian aid to the Philippines. Dennis M Sabangan / EPA
    Damaged houses are seen in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines. The United States will send an aircraft carrier and other Navy ships along with 20 million US dollar in emergency humanitarian aid to the Philippines. Dennis M Sabangan / EPA
  • A survivor eats a banana which found in garbage heap in typhoon ravaged Tacloban city after typhoon Haiyan slammed into central Philippine, leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands of people dead. Vincent Yu / AP Photo
    A survivor eats a banana which found in garbage heap in typhoon ravaged Tacloban city after typhoon Haiyan slammed into central Philippine, leaving a wide swath of destruction and thousands of people dead. Vincent Yu / AP Photo
  • Survivors wait in line to recieve relief goods in an area devastated in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images
    Survivors wait in line to recieve relief goods in an area devastated in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images
  • Filipino and American soldiers unload boxes of relief goods in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines. Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA
    Filipino and American soldiers unload boxes of relief goods in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines. Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA
  • A US Marine carries a ladder while his colleagues unload boxes of relief goods in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines. Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA
    A US Marine carries a ladder while his colleagues unload boxes of relief goods in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines. Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA

In pictures: Typhoon Haiyan survivors desperate for food


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Thousands of people stormed a rice warehouse on an island devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, authorities said Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need to get water, food and medical supplies into an increasingly desperate region.