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World vision is trying its best toe really establish communication lines in the hardest hit areas. and we are really pressed for time to really reach out to these people to provide much needed food, drinking water. hygiene kits and other essential relief items. >> aaron, i'm sure that you've seen the pictures of banda aceh and the horrible tsunami that happened some eight years ago. if people are looking to that kind of devastation from history, are we seeing a similar situation here in the philippines? >> it's very similar. the destruction that was caused by haiyan was was really like a tsuna...

Out some agreement but it's not going to be easy. but all sides here seem to want to come to some sort of agreement to avoid this nuclear standoff that's been going on with iran and the world powers for at least a decade now. ali arouzi, nbc news, jaeb, switzerland. >> all right, thank you very much for that. let's get to the breaking news from the philippines where typhoon haiyan, the biggest storm recorded slammed into the island nation. more than 1200 people are recorded dead at this point. officials expect that number to rice. the winds there were at least 190 miles an hour. gusts over 200...

That has been stationed there remain hard to reach as of now. so we're sending teams there to check on them and to find the extent of the damage there. >> and aaron, do you know of any fatalities in the region? >> there are unconfirmed numbers that has exhe'ded thousands. >> thousands? >> yes. and this was will be fully unrabled as we check on the extent of damage brought by haiyan. >> what about living through these winds? you sent us video we're seeing here. 200-mile-an-hour winds. what is that like? >> yes, haiyan unleashed a fierce winds and massive rains that pummeled through houses and e...

Fishing villages. raging floods also destroyed rows of farmland and everything now there is like a wasteland. >> aaron, someone described it as sounding as if a 747 jumbo jet was flying right over their house. does that make sense to you? >> yes, and even if i'm just here in the central part where the storm was just under signal number 3, howling winds came crashing in the top of the building where i am staying. what's really scary even for workers and we really felt that we were at risk during those times. >> do you have the kinds cuff supplies that you need? has the government been on scene ...

That it has caused us. >> yeah. aaron, what's going to be next for you guys in next coming days and weeks? how much time will you be able to spend there? >> yes, world vision is going full force. we will be able to mobilize our full local staff capacity to launch the biggest relief effort here in the philippines to assist the needs of more than 1.2 million people who have been severely affected by this terrible storm. and we will also remain on alert for two to three more typhoons before year ends. >> okay. aaron aspi there with world vision. you have your work cut out for you. i'm sure everyo...