even higher, as you see right there, in some instances. here are some of the incredible images of ordinary citizens carrying out courageous rescues trying to help out one another. as high as the death toll is now, it could get even worse as crews reach hard-hit areas cut off from the storm. ivan watson joins us live from manila, so, ivan, what are officials telling you about when they ll be able to reach the people in the devastated areas? reporter: it s very tough. there are no telecommunications right now. there s no electricity on this island of lete, the provincial capital of tacloban, we believe is one of the hardest-hit areas, and the officials are not mincing words. listen to the interior minister speaking about the scale of the damage. the devastation is it s i don t have the words for it. it s really horrific.
that flood-ravaged area? reporter: well, these are some of the biggest challenges. and our own reporters on the ground are staying at a hotel where they re basically being given some bread and some pasta that people in the town, they report seeing basically going through stores to try to scavenge, some may argue loot, for supplies just to get through the next day or so. the humanitarian organizations, putting out appeals, trying to get aid to the stricken area. but, of course, connections are quite difficult right now. we re supposed to go out on a flight at dawn tomorrow with the government aviation service to get a sense of the scale of the damage to the landing strips and the airports on this stricken island of lete. now, if you can believe it, in this very region, it was hit by a deadly earthquake just last month, a nearby island of bojal, scores of people killed by a seven-plus magnitude earthquake.
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