Powerful typhoon slams Philippines

Survivors cover their noses from the stench of bodies left on streets of typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines, Nov. 11, 2013.

Typhoon Haiyan-ravaged Philippine islands faced a daunting relief effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.

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