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Welcome to cnn. millions of people are taking shelter now across the philippines. it's not yet clear where that will happen. it could hit tacloban which is still recovering from a super tie foop that killed more than 6,000 people just last year. protests were largely peaceful, but a number of people were arrested. recent string of high profile
Zone. anna coren part of our team is in cebu. anna, reports of survivors so desperate for food that the situation has turned violent, even deadly. there have been reports of gunfire. criminals getting involved in taking the food. what is the latest there? >> reporter: yeah, michael, we're getting the same reports. there was apparently a stampede at a aware house that was stocking rice, and eight people were killed. you know, michael, it's not surprising that this level of desperation has led to this. recently, we were out with the military on an aid drop in goian in eastern province the first ...
You combine that with a 15 storm surge on top of it, truly unbelievab unbelievable. howling winds and pounding rain, super tie moon haiyan hit early in the morning. gusts up to 235 miles per hour. >> during the height of this storm, you know, the scream of the wind was deafening. we could hear thunderous crashes of debris flying through the air. >> reporter: what set this tropical storm enough, it did not weaken at land fall. violent wind laid a path across the central philipines that covered an area the size of montana. take a look at these satellite images. for a time, they stretched 1,120