In pictures: Typhoon Haiyan survivors desperate for food

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

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

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

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.

Updated: November 13, 2013, 12:00 AM