Plagued survivors of super typhoon Haiyan that might have killed over 10,000 people in the Philippines rummaged for food through debris strewn with dead bodies while frenzied mobsters looted aid groups.

Two days after the most powerful storm ever recorded crushed down entire towns in the central part of the Southeast Asian archipelago, victims went through horrors of desperate survival strategies.

People accidentally stepped on corpses as raids and relief operations went in Tacloban City, where tsunami-like waves ruined many buildings and the lives of 220,000 residents.

A father of four village councilor is stripped off comforts and luxury, wearing only a pair of red basketball shorts. He dug canned goods amidst ruin debris and fled swarming over both the dead and alive. He's a decent person but remarked that unable to eat for three days made people do shameful things to survive.

They had no food, they need water and other things to survive. The typhoon has stripped him of his dignity but he still has his family and is very thankful for that. After he spent half day scouring for food, he had a bag full of essentials such as packs of spaghetti, biscuits, canned goods, candies, cans of beer, soap and detergent.

Some survivors employed more aggressive means as overwhelmed authorities failed to get enough relief supplies to the area. Others broke through shops, hammering glass windows and opening steel barricades. A meat shop owner held a handgun but was not able to prevent mobsters from entering his shop, which was ransacked. Widespread looting and anarchy also victimized a pastry shop.

There was no security staff available. Relief operations were too slow. People were hungry, dirty and thirsty. In a few days, people might begin to kill each other. However, some shops reported that not only did the looters take their food and water, their TV sets and washing machines were also taken. Philippine Pres. Benigno Aquino Jr. was already urged to declare martial law in the city.

There was a team of military cadaver collectors with six trucks going around to pick up the dead but soldiers are still overwhelmed. Survivors went around confused, limping and telling stories of unimaginable horror.