Typhoon Haiyan

There are 4.3 million people needing urgent aid and an estimated 800,000 displaced. How can the aid effort begin to help – and what can the average person do? Channel 4 News speaks to the experts.

Across the Philippines, the scale of the destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan is becoming clear. But President Aquino has suggested the death toll could by a quarter of the 10,000 initially reported.

The Philippines has a huge wealth divide, and the poorest have been worst hit by Typhoon Haiyan. Will climate change make matters worse?

Singer Myleene Klass launches the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

President Benigno Aquino declares a state of national calamity, as rescue workers in the Philippines struggle to reach remote towns and villages to provide aid to more than 600,000 people.

Aerial images of the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson talks to Victor Tanco, governor of Capiz province, who says half a million people are “devastated” by the typhoon and 90 per cent of the population lacks shelter.

At least 10,000 people have been killed in the central Philippines, with estimates expected to leap once remote regions are reached, following one of the most powerful storms ever recorded.

Youtube, Instagram and Twitter give a personal insight into how Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, has affected people in the Philippines.

It could be the most powerful storm ever to make landfall. But what causes super typhoons like Haiyan to form – and what will it do next?