One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines province of Leyte, a senior police official said on Sunday, with coastal towns and the regional capital devastated by huge waves.<br/> <br />Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of the area in its path as it tore through the province on Friday.<br/> <br />Most of the deaths appear to have been caused by surging sea water strewn with debris that many described as similar to a tsunami, which leveled houses and drowned hundreds of people.
