DHAKA: More than 120 people have been reported killed by typhoon ‘Haiyan’ in the Philippines, after the massive storm swept through on Friday.

Aviation officials said 100 bodies were lying in the streets of the city of Tacloban. Local journalists reported 20 bodies in a church in a nearby town.

The storm destroyed buildings and triggered landslides. The military has begun relief efforts.

Video from Tacloban showed it engulfed by water when the typhoon struck.

Typhoon ‘Haiyan’ was one of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall.

Aid agencies are struggling to reach Tacloban, as its airport has been badly damaged but military flights are able to operate, the BBC reports.

‘We have reports of collapsed buildings, houses flattened to the ground, storm surges and landslides,’ Philippine Red Cross chief Gwendolyn Pang told media.

BDST: 1730 HRS, NOV 09, 2013
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