More Aaid Is Reaching The Desperate Victims As Philippine Suffered Disaster.
A young boy cycles past a coffin.
Soldiers zip up body bags in the aftermath of super typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban
Soldiers zip up body bags after families have identified their relatives who perished during super typhoon Haiyan.
The homeless residents waiting to be evacuated line up outside Tacloban airport in central Philippines
U.S. Marine coordinates the loading of palletized water for victims of Typhoon Haiyan at Villamor Air Base
Landing support specialist US Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher E. Pring coordinates the loading of palletized water with the Philippine Air Force for victims.
However the Photos courtesy of The Salvation Army shown how serious the incident is.
But as vital help arrives for more survivors, some in the worst-hit areas say they still have not seen any aid since the typhoon struck on Friday last week.
The Philippines Government said it had received more than £56m in foreign aid so far and praised the "generous and swift response".
Britain's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal reached £13m within 24 hours of its launch.
Humanitarian Efforts Continue Following Devastating Super Typhoon The city of Tacloban was destroyed in the disaster
DEC chief executive Saleh Saeed said: "People have given so generously in such a short space of time."
The United Nation's World Food Programme said nearly 50,000 people around the stricken city of Tacloban received rice in family food packages on Wednesday.
The packs include three kilogrammes of canned food and rice - enough to feed a family for a few days, the WFP said.
More packages will be handed out in the coming days as relief operations continue to reach more of the 11 million people affected by the disaster.
Humanitarian Efforts Continue Following Devastating Super Typhoon Residents take shelter in a Tacloban church
The Salvation Army UK and Ireland has launched its own appeal and a team in the Philippines is making arrangements with the Air Force to transport food parcels, water and medical supplies to Tacloban in in Leyte province.
Britain's first flight delivering humanitarian aid arrived earlier on Wednesday, the Government has said.
A chartered Boeing 777 carrying 8,836 shelter kits from UK Government stores in Dubai landed in Cebu City and will be delivered to those in worst-affected areas.
A team of US Marines already on the ground has given out relief supplies for the effort, called Operation Damayan, or Help in Time of Need.
U.S. Marine coordinates the loading of palletized water for victims of Typhoon Haiyan at Villamor Air Base A US Marine coordinates the loading of water at an air base near Manila
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos applauded the international community's reaction, but said much more needed to be done in a disaster of such magnitude.
Hundreds of thousands of people have had their homes damaged or destroyed and are in desperate need of food, water and shelter after the typhoon smashed into the island nation, leaving thousands dead.
Logistical bottlenecks have been holding up relief goods from reaching parts of the disaster zone.
Sky's Asia Correspondent Mark Stone, in the ruined village of Tabontabon in Leyte, said "at the moment no-one is here to help".
"Those who survived desperately need help. There is nothing like enough supplies or aid here and there is a depressing lack of co-ordination."
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