More than 300 people died after a powerful storm struck the Philippines.
Local authorities confirmed the death of 375 people and the displacement of 400,000 others.
More than 500 people were also injured and 56 others have been reported missing by local police.
Rescue teams have described scenes of “complete carnage”.
But establishing the scale of the losses is difficult, as communication to a number of areas has been cut off.
There are fears widespread landslides and flooding may have claimed more lives.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has conducted an aerial inspection of the areas ravaged by the storm.
Videos posted on social media by his aides show extensive damage to Siargao, Dinagat and Mindanao islands.
The governor of the Dinagat islands, Arlene Bag-ao, said on Facebook that the region had been “levelled to the ground” by the typhoon.
“The fields and boats of our farmers and fisherfolk have been decimated,” she said in the message quoted by news site Rappler. “[W]e have lost our homes. Walls and roofs were torn and blown off…. We have a dwindling supply of food and water.”
