Families continue to flee areas worst hit by Haiyan

The death toll has doubled to more than 5,000 in typhoon-ridden Philippines as families continue to flee the worst hit areas and loved ones are reunited.

The Philippine’s national disaster agency yesterday said that the death toll from the Nov 8 storm had reached 5,209, but that could rise further as many are still missing.

Typhoon Haiyan has now become the deadliest natural disaster in the country’s history.