state-run philippine news agency is now reported about 20 people have drowned. here you can actually see crews of barge workers trying to escape the huge storm surge. we don't know how many workers have actually been rescued. but watch how this monster storm has unfolded. >> the view from space, monstrous. its cloud cover alone takes up two thirds of the east asian island. haiyan first roars into samar in the central philippines with winds clocked at 195 miles per hour. worse yet, it was the dead of night. the waves from just what may be the strongest storm ever left some of these poor oceanside communities under ten feet of water. because of its speed, the initial impact was over quickly. but the morning light shed light on just how destructive this storm was. and what people inland still have to fear.