Photo by Bullit Marquez/ap on cnn.com
In a brief article by cnn there is a current death toll in the Philippines of 5209 and 23404 reported as injured. At least 1582 people are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. Over 3 million people are displaced.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/22/world/asia/philippines-typhoon-haiyan-deaths/
The New York Times reports that secondary threats are beginning to emerge from the typhoon's devastation such as disease and infection. With so many displaced and with destroyed homes, many are living in substandard shelter and must face the effects of new storms, leading to issues such as pneumonia.
Many aid organizations have brought in food ad some medical supplies but the need for shelter and dry clothing is crucial. Many are living under tarps scavenged from debris, and are wearing one set of clothes, in constant rain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/world/asia/pneumonia-a-new-threat-to-storm-battered-philippines.html?_r=0
It is often difficult to count the direct deaths of a disaster. In a case such as Typhoon Haiyan, the secondary and tertiary affects can be more deadly. Secondary affects can be building collapse. Tertiary could be disease.
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