Officials in the Leyte province of the Philippines said they feared that at least 10,000 people could have been killed by Typhoon Haiyan.<br /><br />Haiyan is one of the most powerful storms ever recorded.<br /><br />Leyte’s capital Tacloban bore the brunt. Residents, many of whom have no homes to return to, struggled without clean water or electricity and little food.<br /><br />The deadly storm is now nearing Vietnam, where forecasters predict it will make landfall on Monday morning. More than 500,000 people have been evacuated from high-risk areas.<br /><br />The heavy rain generated by Haiyan has already arrived. According to Vietnamese media, six people have been killed in flooding in central provinces.
