As a rainbow arches over them, people wait for flights out of the airport in Tacloban, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Chris McGrath / Getty Images  A young man bathes in the rubble of his destroyed house in the devastated town of Tanuan, south of Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images  A typhoon victim keeps her husband alive by manually pumping air into his lungs after a leg amputation led to an infection. The couple were at at Tacloban's Divine Word Hospital, which was still without electrical power seven days after the typhoon hit.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP/Getty Images  American military personnel load relief aid onto a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter from the George Washington carrier at a landing zone at the Tacloban airport.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Santana / Associated Press  A man cleans up debris from Typhoon Haiyan on the eastern island of Leyte.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP/Getty Images  Philippine Army soldiers carry the body of a dead civilian found in the rubble of the devastated town of Tanuan, south of Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images  U.S. Navy sailors and Philippine Army soldiers in Guiuan, Philippines, help a woman onto a HC-130 Hercules aircraft to be flown to a safer location.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Liam Kennedy / U.S. Navy  A Typhoon Haiyan survivor puts up a plywood wall in his damaged house in Marabu. As an international aid effort gathered steam, Filipinos in battered towns started rebuilding their lives -- with or without help from their government or foreign aid groups.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dita Alangkara / Associated Press  A Filipino typhoon victim cuddles a religious icon while waiting to board a C-130 plane in the devastated city of Tacloban. Efforts to help survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines have picked up, although the government admitted the pace was still slow a week after the storm left thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: RITCHIE TONGO / EPA  A typhoon victim survivor stands in the debris of her destroyed house in Palo.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images  Motorbikes pass through the town of Guiuan, Philippines, destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: David Guttenfelder / Associated Press  A Filipino soldier hands out bread to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in Maraboth, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dita Alangkara / Associated Press  A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft takes off after delivering relief goods in Guiuan, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dita Alangkara / Associated Press  In Manila, volunteers at the Department of Social Welfare and Development repack relief goods for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAY DIRECTO / AFP/Getty Images  Body bags line a roadside as bodies are retrieved from the rubble in Tacloban, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images  A girl plays inside an improvised shelter in a devastated area of Tacloban, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Chris McGrath / Getty Images  An aerial view of a demolished coastal town on Eastern Samar Island in Leyte, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images  Workers fill a large grave with body bags at the Basper public cemetery in the typhoon-ravaged city of Tacloban, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Aaron Favila / Associated Press  Evacuees board a military truck in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images  Survivors play basketball at a school being used as a displaced persons camp in the destroyed town of Guiuan, Philippines.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: David Guttenfelder / Associated Press  A tattered Philippines flag is whipped by the wind above the devastation of Tacloban. The official death toll in the Philippines from one of the world's strongest typhoons rose to 1,833, with many towns still unheard from.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: MAST IRHAM / EPA  Rescuers carry a body retrieved in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images  Typhoon Haiyan survivors pass by on a scooter as two U.S. Osprey aircraft fly over the ruins of Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: David Guttenfelder / Associated Press  Tacloban residents take shelter in a church in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images  A man bathes amid rubble in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dita Alangkara / Associated Press  Residents search through rubble amid the flattened buildings of Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images  Typhoon Haiyan survivors walk through the ruins of their neighborhood in Tacloban, where a plea for help is written on the pavement.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: David Guttenfelder / Associated Press  Rescue workers from France work in darkness to set up their gear after arriving at the airport in the devastated city of Tacloban. International aid poured in for the Philippines as authorities stepped up efforts to reach survivors driven to looting after one of the world's strongest typhoons devastated their towns.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: RITCHIE B. TONGO / EPA  Survivors look up at a military C-130 plane as it arrives in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, on Leyte island in the Philippines, on Monday. Stunned survivors of one of the most powerful typhoons ever to make landfall picked through the remains of their homes and pleaded for food and medicine.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Aaron Favila / Associated Press  A photo taken Monday from a Philippine air force helicopter shows the devastation in Guiuan, in Eastern Samar province.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press  A woman holding a baby runs during a downpour in Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCIS R. MALASIG / EPA  A damaged house is surrounded by rubble near the airport in Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Philippe Lopez / AFP/Getty Images  A survivor from Tacloban pauses after disembarking from a Philippine air force C-130 aircraft in Manila.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Vincent Yu / Associated Press  Uprooted coconut trees near the town of Guiuan.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: TED ALJIBE / AFP/Getty Images  Survivors are carried to a military aircraft in Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paula Bronstein / Getty Images  A vehicle sits upturned on a traffic island in the devastated city of Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: FRANCIS R. MALASIG / EPA  A body of a typhoon victim awaits collection at a bus stop.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jeoffrey Maitem / Getty Images  Large ships were washed ashore in Tacloban by the powerful storm surge.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Aaron Favila / Associated Press  Bodies are lined up at a makeshift morgue in Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP/Getty Images  This image taken by astronaut Karen L. Nyberg and released by NASA shows Typhoon Haiyan from the International Space Station on Saturday.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Karen L. Nyberg / NASA  Residents carry furniture taken from a hotel in Palo.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: NOEL CELIS / AFP/Getty Images  A woman cries as survivors wait to board a C-130 aircraft to evacuate Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paula Bronstein / Getty Images  American missionaries on Leyte island are evacuated by the U.S. military.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images  Survivors wear signs as they line up in hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane in Tacloban. In the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan was known as Yolanda.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press  Homes were reduced to sticks along the water in Guiuan.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: TED ALJIBE / AFP/Getty Images  On Leyte island, residents can do little but wait for help.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images  Survivors wait in line to receive relief goods on Leyte island.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images  Two people ride bikes through an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on Leyte.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images  Making their way through the ruins of Tacloban.  PHOTOGRAPH BY: Aaron Favila / Associated Press
The United Nations launch an appeal for $301 million to help victims, while U.S. and British warships headed toward the region.