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cnn news 2013-11-15

Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. Welcome to cnn Student News.

When government responds to severe weather, sometimes they declare a state of emergency or a state of disaster. The president of the Philippines declared a state of national calamity. That word, calamity refers to disaster event with significant loss and suffering. That's what typhoon Haiyan brought to many Filipinos. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people killed, survivors who've lost everything. The rescue in recovery efforts are ongoing. US marine stationed nearby Japan brought emergency supplies. Disaster team from the US and United Nations are in the Philippines. Before they can help the victims of this storm, first they have to reach them.

Above the vast blue sea that separates the thousands of islands that make up the Philippines. A rescue mission is under way. We're traveling with the military to a remote group of islands devastating by super typhoon Haiyan. Yet to be reach by authorities. From the air, we could see the carnage. Home after home, village after village. Nowhere has been spared. On the ground lie the injured with broken bones and internal bleeding. They've waiting for days for a medical evacuation.

"We haven't seen anything like this before. I thought I only see this on television." 

There's a real sense of desperation here on the ground. While the focus is obviously on the sick and the injured are getting them to safety. The people of this hard hit island need food and fresh water. They've been without it for days and despite assurance from the government is yet to arrive. The problem facing the authority is logistics, getting supplies to these hard hit and remote areas and to the people who need. All these people have lost their homes. They're now staying in tents and makeshift shelters they've erected from the debris and while they said the received the storm warnings from the government and took what they thought was appropriate action. No one here anticipated that mother nature would unleash such fury. 

"At my age of 35, I've experienced a lot of typhoons. But this is the worst thing."

This airfield in C. has become the staging ground for the country's biggest relief operation. See 130 H. fly in survivors. All shelf shock from what they've just lived through.

"I can not see anything yet. I'm still in shock. I'm so sorry."

"A lot of people are dead. Our friends are dead. Some of our family members are dead. So, it's really devastating."

As the death toll grows by the day, families here desperately wait for news of their loved ones.

"I am the only survivor of the family and I want to know that if they're still alive."

Having had no contact since the typhoon hit. Many say hope is all they can hold on to. Anna C., cnn, C., the Philippines.