Bodies Piled In The Streets As Makeshift Mortuaries Are Overrun And Philippine Typhoon Rescue Teams Warn Death Toll Will 'Rise Sharply' From The 10,000 Already Confirmed -- Daily Mail
* 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 10million people could be in need of shelter, clean water and food
* Mortuaries set up in remaining buildings like churches are overrun with bodies
* Britain has pledged more than £10 million in aid and support for the Philippines and is sending war ship to area
* Team of 12 British surgeons and paramedics sent to the region to help overstretched medics
* US released immediate $100,000 and deployed USS George Washington, carrying 5,000 sailors and 80 aircraft
Thousands of bodies are being piled up on the streets of the Philippines after the devastating Typhoon Haiyan, as aid agencies warn the death toll will 'rise sharply'.
Police and soldiers have the grim task of searching through the wreckage for bodies after entire villages and parts of cities were flattened.
Makeshift mortuaries, set up in remaining intact buildings like churches, are overrun and body bags are being left outside in rows.
Tens of millions of pounds worth of aid has been pledged by countries around the world and agencies say as many as 10million people in the developing country are in need of basic supplies such as shelter, clean water and food.
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