See how you can help." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto001" width="640"/>Typhoon Haiyan survivors wait for an evacuation flight as a U.S. Navy helicopter takes off at the airport in Tacloban, Philippines, on Sunday, November 17. Troops and aid organizations have encountered blocked roads and devastating damage in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in history.
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Stranded villagers scramble for aid supplies from a U.S. Navy helicopter in the coastal town of Tanawan on November 17.
People wait in line for drinking water in Palo on November 17.
An emergency team from Spain unloads relief supplies in Tacloban on November 17.
U.S. Navy personnel and other volunteers push a Russian cargo plane off the tarmac to make way for other aircraft at the airport in Tacloban on November 17.
Trapped residents protect themselves from the dust as a U.S. Navy helicopter leaves on Saturday, November 16, on Manicani Island, Philippines.
Trapped residents prepare to unload relief supplies November 16 from a U.S. Navy helicopter.
A U.S. Army Ranger unloads aid from a U.S. Marines Osprey aircraft at Balangiga City, Samar Province, on November 16.
Survivors appeal for help to the United States in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, on November 16.
U.S. service men load emergency supplies onto a helicopter at the airport in Tacloban on November 16.
Evacuees wait to board military aircraft while a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter takes off in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, on November 16.
Victims hold tight onto a box of relief goods from a U.S. Navy Sea Hawk helicopter in the town of Salcedo, Samar Island province, Philippines, on November 16.
A U.S. V-22 tiltrotor aircraft flies above as a U.S. Marine watches on at the airport in Tacloban on November 16.
Villagers isolated by the typhoon scramble for relief goods being dropped by the Philippine Air Force on Friday, November 15, at La Paz, in central Philippines.
A Philippine soldier guards U.S. aid in the aftermath of the typhoon at Tacloban airport on November 15.
Volunteers prepare relief goods for victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan in Manila on Thursday, November 14.
Stranded passengers board a plane at a damaged airport in Tacloban, Philippines, on Wednesday, November 13.
Soldiers evacuate a sick survivor at an airport in Tacloban on November 13.
Relief supplies for the victims in the Philippines are loaded into an aircraft in Germany on November 13.
Soldiers load relief goods onto a truck in Tacloban on November 13.
People wait in line to receive relief goods in Leyte on Tuesday, November 12.
Evacuees send e-mails to their family members and relatives at a free Internet cafe set up by the Philippines government on November 12 in Tacloban.
Aid workers arrive in Leyte to assist survivors on November 12.
People wait at a bus stop November 12 in Tacloban, Philippines.
People board a U.S. military plane to evacuate Tacloban on November 12.
People carry sacks of goods November 12 in Tacloban.
A member of the Japanese Disaster Relief Team carries goods in Tacloban on November 12.
Rescuers in Guigang City, China, search a flooded road by boat on November 12. China and Vietnam were also hit hard by the typhoon.
Residents line up to receive treatment and supplies at the Tacloban airport on Monday, November 11.
Staff load a Hercules airplane with equipment November 11 at the Orebro airport in central Sweden. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, together with its humanitarian partners, sent equipment to support the United Nations' relief work in the Philippines.
Philippine troops load boxes of water at Villamor Air Force Base in Manila, Philippines, on November 11.
A man seeking aid paints a message on a basketball court November 11 in Anibong, Philippines.
Villagers in Hernani, Philippines, run toward government officials hoping for food November 11.
A military helicopter delivering food prepares to land at the airport in Guiuan, Philippines, on November 11.
Emily Ortega rests on November 11 after giving birth to Bea Joy at an improvised clinic at the Tacloban airport.
Typhoon survivors line up at the Tacloban airport on November 11 to board a U.S. military plane bound for Manila.
Philippine Air Force personnel prepare to load relief supplies at the Tacloban airport on November 11.
Philippine police commandos prepare to board a military plane in Manila on Sunday, November 10.
A Tacloban resident carries boxes of milk November 10 as he passes by ships washed ashore by the powerful storm.
Residents carry relief goods along the bay in Tacloban on November 10.
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- U.S. military capability "continuing to grow," bringing food, water, shelter, medicine
- British ship HMS Daring arrives in Cebu
- Water system in Tacloban getting "back on tap," USAID official says
(CNN) -- The United States and Britain are bolstering their military assets to urgently help millions of hungry and homeless Filipinos -- socked, soaked and dazed more than a week after Super Typhoon Haiyan clobbered the midsection of the Philippines.
"Right now, the U.S. military capability is continuing to grow," U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy told CNN on Sunday. "We need to get life-sustaining aid immediately out to the stricken population. Food, water, shelter, medicine -- those are the basics."
Kennedy said numerous aircraft -- such a dozen C-130 cargo airplanes, more than a dozen MV-22 Ospreys and several dozen UH-60 helicopters -- are being deployed.
About 9,000 U.S. troops are supporting the operation in the Philippines, a U.S. military official said. U.S. military assets have delivered approximately 623,000 pounds of relief supplies.
Philippines survivors crowd airport
Burying the dead in the Philippines
The British ship HMS Daring arrived in Cebu on Sunday to provide medical assistance, emergency supplies and clean water to stranded victims, the UK government said.
"HMS Daring's arrival is a major boost to DFID's disaster experts and medical teams already deployed in the Philippines," Britain's International Development Secretary Justine Greening said. referring to the Department for International Development.
"This Royal Navy vessel will help us open a lifeline and allow us to help many more victims of the disaster,"
The Philippine central government is being criticized for a slow and disorganized response to what all agree is a catastrophic event. The nation's disaster agency said between 9 million and 13 million people were affected in 44 provinces, 536 municipalities and 55 cities.
The United States and Britain are among nations across the globe racing against time to help Philippine authorities in a massive relief effort of delivering food and water to the devastated swaths of the archipelago.
Young girls stare at the full moon outside a makeshift shelter at a devastated area in Tacloban, Leyte province, on Saturday, November 16. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in recorded history, has devastated parts of the Philippines and killed at least 3,621 people.
Two Filipino children cry as their mother tries to move the family to a neighboring island, using a refrigerator as a boat, near Tacloban city in the Philippines, on November 16. Aid workers would not let the woman and her children travel in this manner.
A woman comforts her child while sitting in a queue to be evacuated at the airport in Tacloban, on November 16.
A young girl walks amid ruins of houses in a neighborhood badly affected by the typhoon in Guiuan, Philippines, on Friday, November 15.
Choir boys carry hymnals during a Mass for victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan, at Westminster Cathedral in central London on November 15.
A woman and her newborn baby lay on the floor in a Tacloban hospital on November 15.
Children gather at the Tacloban airport on November 15. Many survivors have converged on the city's airport to wait for flights out.
A woman bathes a baby at a church building where a number of survivors are taking shelter in Tacloban on Thursday, November 14.
A boy rides his bike past a coffin and other scenes of destruction in Tacloban on Wednesday, November 13.
Children carry relief goods as they pass by damaged houses in Tacloban on November 13.
Survivor children, who escaped after their village was attacked by allegedly armed men, wait for social workers in Tacloban on November 13.
Residents ask for water while waiting to get a free pass to board a US C-130 plane in Tacloban on Tuesday, November 12.
Survivors seek medical attention inside a makeshift hospital inside an airport compound on November 13 in Tacloban.
Residents take shelter in a church November 13 in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities. The Philippine government estimates the storm has left more than 582,000 homeless.
A woman holding a baby runs during a downpour Tuesday, November 12, in Tacloban.
A boy and a girl salvage materials November 12 in Leyte, Philippines. Many in the region have nothing left.
Typhoon survivors line up November 12 in hopes of boarding a military transport plane out of Tacloban.
A woman weeps as she carries a child to a military aircraft in Leyte on November 12.
Philippine military personnel try to prioritize children and women first as people wait for evacuation flights November 12 in Tacloban.
A woman carrying a child cries November 12 as survivors wait to board an aircraft in Tacloban.
Survivors walk in Tacloban on November 12.
A woman cries November 12 as other survivors wait to evacuate Tacloban.
A Philippine air force officer hands out orange slices to typhoon survivors as they line up to board a military transport plane November 12 in Tacloban.
Children stand on rubble in the storm-ravaged town of Hernani, Philippines, on Monday, November 11.
A young girl lays in bed awaiting treatment in a Tacloban hospital on November 15, in Leyte, Philippines.
Newborn Bea Joy rests November 11 after her mother gave birth to her at the airport in Tacloban.
A boy in Tacloban walks near a container appealing for help.
Soldiers let a woman and her child through a fence to get food November 11 outside the Tacloban airport.
A woman carries a child through a flooded street in Yong'an, China, on November 11. China and Vietnam were also hit hard by the storm.
Residents of Anibong, Philippines, rest November 11 near a ship propeller that washed ashore during the storm.
Survivors walk through the streets of Tacloban as a military plane flies overhead on November 11.
A young survivor rests on a pedicab November 11 in Tacloban.
Children peek out from their makeshift shelter in Tacloban on Sunday, November 10.
A young Tacloban resident walks inside a damaged home on November 10.
Children carry relief goods past damaged homes in Tacloban on November 10.
Two young boys look at the devastation in Tacloban on November 10.
A Vietnamese soldier assists a girl Saturday, November 9, as villagers are moved in the central province of Quang Nam.
Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims
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Photos: Children among typhoon victims
A boy holding a toy machine gun sits on a ship which ran aground during Typhoon Haiyan and looks over the devastated city of Tacloban, Philippines, on Sunday, November 17. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard on November 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction.
Survivors clean mannequins found among the debris in Tacloban on November 17.
A man leans against a statue of the Crucifixion before a Mass at Santo Nino Church in Tacloban on November 17.
A man carries a piece of wood from the debris in Tacloban on November 17.
Survivors wait in line in Tacloban for relief goods on November 17.
A man looks over the devastation from his damaged home in Tacloban on November 17.
A trapped resident braves the dust created by a U.S. Navy helicopter taking off on Saturday, November 16, on Manicani Island, Philippines.
Corpses are collected and loaded on trucks to be taken to mass graves in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city in the Philippines on November 16.
The corpse of a victim of the typhoon floats on a river in Tanauan, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 16.
A pregnant survivor waits to give birth in a hospital on November 16 in Tanauan.
A dead dog lies in front of a house destroyed by the typhoon in Tanauan on November 16.
A man carries a bicycle as he walks through the ruin of a building ravaged by the typhoon in Tacloban on November 16.
Survivors of the typhoon stand in a street partially blocked by debris in Tanauan on November 16.
An elderly survivor walks past toppled cars outside a church in Tacloban on November 16.
A man cleans meat after slaughtering his only cow that survived the typhoon in Tanauan.
Survivors gather at Tacloban to await transport to neighboring Cebu Island province on November 16.
Men carry a coffin toward a local cemetery on November 16 in Leyte, Philippines. Bodies are still being collecting from streets.
A survivor cooks dinner in front of his damaged home in the village of Marabut, Samar Island, on Friday, November 15.
Toppled coconut trees dot the mountain in an area devastated by the typhoon in Leyte province on November 15.
A typhoon survivor keeps her husband alive by manually pumping air into his lungs following an infection after his leg was amputated at the Divine Word Hospital on Friday, November 15, in Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines. The hospital has been operating without power since Typhoon Haiyan laid waste to much of the central Philippines a week ago.
A survivor reacts to the damage at a residential area in Tacloban on November 15.
Typhoon victims are treated in the lobby of the Divine Word Hospital on November 15.
Philippines Army soldiers carry the body of a civilian collected from the rubble in the devastated town of Tanuan, south of Tacloban, on November 15.
Residents wait to board a Singaporean cargo plane at the Tacloban airport on November 15. Many survivors have converged on the city's airport to wait for flights.
Search and retrieval teams carry a body bag in Tacloban on November 15.
Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan carry food that a U.S. military helicopter dropped off in Guiuan, Philippines, on Thursday, November 14. The U.S. Agency for International Development donated the food to help with international relief efforts.
Dozens of bodies are placed near Tacloban City Hall on November 14 as workers prepare a mass grave on the outskirts of the hard-hit city.
A girl plays inside her house amid the devastation in Tacloban on November 14.
A Filipino soldier hands out bread to survivors in Maraboth on November 14.
A boy takes cover from rain while waiting for an evacuation flight from Tacloban's airport November 14.
Workers arrange bodies at a mass burial site at a Tacloban cemetery November 14.
The weary wait for evacuation from Tacloban on November 14.
A truck lies in the water in Hernani on November 14.
Children play with fallen power lines near a damaged school in Guiuan on November 14.
Teresa Mazeda hangs laundry in the ruins of her home in Tacloban on Wednesday, November 13.
Nina Duran searches for belongings at her family's destroyed house in Tacloban on November 13.
Survivors walk through the ruins of their neighborhood outside Tacloban on November 13.
A man sits in front of his destroyed business on November 13 in Tacloban.
On November 13, a family tries to use a ceiling fan to generate electricity, desperate to charge mobile phones to search for family and friends in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in Cebu province.
An injured man rests beneath a picture of Jesus Christ in Tacloban on November 13.
A man takes a shower amid rubble in Tacloban on November 13.
A rescue team wades into floodwater to retrieve a body in Tacloban on November 13.
Residents take shelter in a Tacloban church on November 13 in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.
Residents make their way through a destroyed neighborhood in Tacloban on November 13.
A boy cycles past a coffin left on a street in Tacloban on November 13.
A man looks at his home destroyed by Typhoon Hayian in Tacloban on November 13.
Body bags are lined up in the typhoon's aftermath in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities, on November 13.
Survivors prepare to board a military plane November 13 at the airport in Tacloban.
Men walk through the smoke as they burn debris from a church ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard Nov. 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
An aerial view shows signs pleading for help and food scrawled on a road in the coastal town of Tanauan on November 13.
Soldiers help a woman after she collapsed while waiting in line to board a military plane at Tacloban's airport November 13.
Survivors wait to be evacuated from Tacloban on November 13.
An injured survivor gets carried on a stretcher before being airlifted from Tacloban's airport November 13.
A survivor begins to rebuild his house in Tacloban on November 13.
Evacuees wait to board a military aircraft in Leyte on Tuesday, November 12.
People walk through damage in Tacloban on November 12.
A young man waits at the airport November 12 in hopes of being evacuated from Tacloban.
A woman comforts a crying relative as a plane leaves the Tacloban airport November 12.
A man sits crying on a packed aircraft in Tacloban on November 12.
Debris lays scattered around a damaged home near the Tacloban airport on November 12.
A girl sits inside a bus as she waits for a ferry in Matnog, Philippines, on November 12.
Police line up bodies for processing in Tacloban on November 12.
People in Tacloban pass debris on November 11.
Survivors in Tacloban board a military plane bound for the Philippine capital of Manila on November 11.
Residents carry bags of rice from a Tacloban warehouse that they stormed November 11 because of a food shortage.
A woman in Tacloban walks amid the debris of destroyed houses on November 11.
People make their way across a flooded street in Shangsi, China, on November 11. Haiyan moved toward Vietnam and south China after devastating the Philippines.
Buildings lie in ruins on Eastern Samar's Victory Island.
Emily Ortega rests on November 11 after giving birth to Bea Joy at an improvised clinic at the Tacloban airport.
U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft arrive at Manila's Villamor Airbase to deliver humanitarian aid on November 11.
People ride past destruction in Tacloban on Sunday, November 10.
A body lies amid the Tacloban devastation on November 10.
People cover their noses to block the smell of bodies in Tacloban on November 10.
Bodies of victims lie along a Tacloban road on November 10.
A large boat sits aground, surrounded by debris in Tacloban on November 10.
People walk past the Tacloban devastation on November 10.
People stand under a shelter in Tacloban.
A girl peeks out from a makeshift shelter in Tacloban.
Typhoon survivors wait to receive relief goods at the Tacloban airport on November 10.
A woman mourns in front of her husband's dead body November 10 in Tacloban.
Fallen trees litter the ground at the Tacloban airport on Saturday, November 9.
A resident passes victims' bodies on a Tacloban street November 9.
People in Tacloban carry a victim of the typhoon November 9.
A vehicle lies amid Tacloban debris on November 9.
People walk past a victim left on the side of a road in Tacloban.
A resident passes an overturned car in Tacloban on November 9.
Rescue workers carry a woman about to give birth November 9 at a makeshift medical center at the Tacloban airport.
An airport lies in ruins in Tacloban.
Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg took a picture of the typhoon from the International Space Station on November 9.
Women walk past fallen trees and destroyed houses in Tacloban on November 9. Residents scoured supermarkets for water and food as they slowly emerged on streets littered with debris.
A soldier pulls a cable inside the devastated airport tower in Tacloban.
Tacloban houses are destroyed by the strong winds caused by the typhoon.
Dark clouds brought by Haiyan loom over Manila skyscrapers on November 8.
A woman carries a baby across a river November 8 at a coastal village in Las Pinas, Philippines.
A resident walks along a fishing village in Bacoor, Philippines, on November 8.
A house in Legazpi, Philippines, is engulfed by storm surge November 8.
A child wraps himself in a blanket inside a makeshift house along a Bacoor fishing village.
A woman and her children head for an evacuation center November 8 amid strong winds in Cebu City, Philippines.
Huge waves from Haiyan hit the shoreline in Legazpi on November 8.
A fisherman lifts a post to reinforce his home at a coastal village in Las Pinas on November 8.
A resident unloads nets off a fishing boat in Bacoor on November 8.
Residents reinforce their homes in Las Pinas on November 8.
The storm approaches the Philippines in this satellite image taken Thursday, November 7, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Workers bring down a billboard in Makati, Philippines, on November 7 before Haiyan makes landfall.
Philippine Coast Guard personnel stand in formation beside newly acquired rubber boats after a blessing ceremony in Manila on Wednesday, November 6. The boats were to be deployed to the central Philippines in preparation for Haiyan.
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Photos: Typhoon Haiyan
When the typhoon hit the central part of the country on November 8, many lost their homes and electric power. As the days went by, thousands were scrounging for food, clean water, and medical aid.
Along with more than 3,000 deaths, about 3 million people have been displaced, communities have been flattened and looting and violence have erupted.
Nancy Lindborg, an assistant administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development, told CNN on Sunday the United States has been focused "on getting the logistics up, bringing in food, shelter, and getting the water system back on tap."
She cited a bit of progress in helping the infrastructure in Tacloban, a major city that was ground zero for the typhoon strike.
"Yesterday, we were able to support UNCIEF in bringing the water system back on stream," she said. "There are now 150,000 people in Tacloban being served by clean water."
Crews continued to collect bodies from streets, with the official death toll raised Sunday to 3,681.
