WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE END OF THE WORLD!

• Typhoon Haiyan was a maximum category-five storm with gusts of up to 235mph

• Authorities say in the city of Tacloban, Leyte, alone, 10,000 could be dead and 'two out of five bodies' are children

• Tens of millions of pounds worth of aid has been pledged by countries around the world 

• Aid agencies say as many as 10 million people could be in need of shelter, clean water and food 

• Mortuaries set up in remaining buildings like churches are overrun with bodies 
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• Britain has pledged more than £10 million in aid and support for the Philippines and is sending war ship to area
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• Team of 12 British surgeons and paramedics sent to the region to help overstretched medics 
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• US released immediate $100,000 and deployed USS George Washington, carrying 5,000 sailors and 80 aircraft

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2501471/Philippines-Typhoon-Haiyan-Soldiers-hold-desperate-Filipinos-trying-escape-typhoon-ravaged-region.html#ixzz2kS5ionYw