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>> reporter: as the desperation grows worse, so does the violence. army forces patrol the streets. eight people were killed when a wall collapsed during a stampede at a government food warehouse. people stood by as people stormed in, taking 100,000 sacks of rice. even children see it all around them. everyone kept on stealing food and furniture, something like that. >> reporter: the u.n. emergency aid chief acknowledges relief efforts have been far too slow, but that's beginning to change. the relief operations has certainly stepped up with the arrival of u.s. marines here at the cebu air base...

Scenes of carnage there. listen to this little girl. >> i have seen dead people on the streets and the sidewalk. >> terrible. so many evacuees have lived through really horrific days. millions of dollars in aid have been pledged to help all the people there, but there appears to be a bottleneck. a u.n. official says typhoon relief efforts are far too slow. i would like to bring in correspondent ana in the town of cebu for us. we're seeing all these images of hungry, very desperate people. what is taking so long for food and aid to reach them? >> well, zoraida, to be quite frank, it's a lack of...

Of bodies. let's go live to the island of sebu, which took a direct hit. anna, you tveled with the military to a remote group of islands devastated by the typhoon. tell our viewers what you saw. >> reporter: well, wolf, we are here at the cebu air base which is very much a staging ground for this massive military operation to get food, to get water, to get those desperately needed supplies to the people who need it. as you say, we joined the military and went to one of those really hard-hit areas. i mean, you're talking town after town, village after village, absolutely decimated. no place was...