Running for president. Tonight the u. S. Government is among those mounting a major relief effort to help victims of typhoon haiyan in the central philippines. They fear the death toll could reach 10,000. Towns are in ruins but its difficult for relief workers to get in to the affected areas. U. S. Navy is deploying ships and aircraft carriers to help. Authorities are still trying to figure out the scope of the dam. Damage. Reporter typhoon haiyan reduced entire neighborhoods to rubble. The devastation, its horrific. A human tragedy. Reporter 150 mile per hour winds whipped through homes and snapped this tree like a twig. The storm surge reportedly up to 40 feet high in places sent nood waters into the streets flood waters into the streets. This woman says shes searching for her mother, father, and child who was ripped from her hand. Cleanup and rescue efforts are difficult because theres no power or phones in most places. People are sorting through whats left of their homes during the