in improvement? aside from the horrific scene from the hospital, it s striking in the last 36 hours, large crewers and workers came in and clearing the streets of the devastated city, recovering bodies. we ve seen pretty dramatic change with roads opening up. the debris being bulldozed away, so there is some progress, some work really being done on the ground as freight boats come in bringing heavy equipment. of course, there is still a long way to go, and there is misting rain falling moments ago over the city and last night a torrential downpour at points. i m going to get out of the way and let mark pan over the city, as we wrap up your week of reporting here. this shattered city of tacloban, the monsoon season is coming. tens, hundreds of thousands of people, their homes destroyed or
more than 2 million are homeless. nbc s chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman is on the ground in the philippines with more of the relief effort. reporter: the world has descended on cebu and this tarmac behind me. planes from saudi arabia, united arab emirates, singapore, australia and the united states have all come in bringing aid. of course the big, tough problem has been getting people out and the aid in. overall, it s been a very complicated week. international relief aid is pouring in today in the hardest-hit area of tacloban. eight days after a devastating typhoon slammed into the philippines. after the initial days of chaos, when aid was nowhere to be found for the hundreds of thousands left homeless, finally some hope. today u.s. navy helicopters from the uss george washington are dropping food and water supplys to isolated communities desperate for any help. the mission, finding a way to
of course, there is still a long way to go, and there is misting rain falling moments ago over the city and last night a torrential downpour at points. i m going to get out of the way and let mark pan over the city, as we wrap up your week of reporting here. this shattered city of tacloban, the monsoon season is coming. tens, hundreds of thousands of people, their homes destroyed or at very least their roofs ripped off completely and these people are going to be exposed in the weeks and months to come to the elements. this is a city at the center of the horrible trama, anderson, that we re looking at right now for the last week and we ll just hope that these fillipinos can carry on with the will to rebuild after this the worst disaster they have seen in generations. and nick, in terms of what you saw, you just got out of tacloban.
now. announcer: this is new day, with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. good morning. welcome to new day, 7:00 in the east. here is a look at what happened while you were sleeping. desperately needed manpower, resources, finally reaching the people of the philippines. the uss george washington, it is now in the gulf in the area and that is helpful. it brings with it 80 aircraft, 5,000 sailors, all ready to deliver food, water and medicine. it s been a week since that typhoon. people are desperate. it cannot come soon enough. people in the devastated city of tacloban, still waiting for the first delivery of food and water. the official death toll right now 2,357 lives lost. so difficult to measure. it s an emerging situation. 3,800 more people are injured. all these numbers within 77 missing, they re just going to go up. we know that. an investigation is under way this morning into what killed
but aid has been way too slow. the latest death toll is 2,357 with nearly 4,000 injured. the mayor of tacloban is urging residents to leave. the problem is it is almost impossible to go anywhere else. nick is there tonight this morning for you. and 600,000 people homeless. no place to go. how is the security situation when we hear about stampedes of people just to get rice? certainly i think people are wrapped up in the fear of lawlessness here in tacloban. in the city yesterday i heard stories, fears of sexual assaults. attacks even with children in some ways. no evidence to back that up that we saw. but that s consuming people, i think a sense of father of what criminals may be up to and even militia groups in this particular part of the world. we encountered some of those fears ourselves when we venl urd out from the city of tacloban to