Thousands of Typhoon Haiyan survivors who sought shelter in an astrodome are still waiting for food and water.
The large venue in Tacloban has been a temporary home for them for six days but they are yet to receive any aid.
"What can we do? There's nothing we can do," says Corazon Cecleno, a volunteer with the village council who had handed out food stamps to the occupants - stamps for food that has yet to arrive.
"We really want to know why the distribution of help is so slow."
The astrodome survived the storm that flattened most of Tacloban People are seeking water where they can, from broken standpipes or in tarpaulins in other buildings, often it is dirty and salty. They are also attempting to dry out ocean-soaked rice grains in the sun.
"We have no choice," said Moses Rosilio, a neighbour who is squatting in the restaurant and whose baby is due by the end of the month.
"I'm feeling nervous," she said. "There are no clothes for my baby ... I don't know, I don't know. Maybe I'll give birth here."
Sky's Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay, in Tacloban, said aid has been extremely slow to get through.
"It has been a strange reaction to a huge disaster and it is taking much too long. By now, you'd think there would be critical aid here already," he said.
Tacloban city was worst hit by the typhoon "I think there are a lot of questions to be asked. I've covered a lot of disasters and never seen it like this.
"By now you'd normally expect to see trucks on the roads, United Nations tents being handed out, people living in them - none of that is happening at all.
"It's difficult to understand why that preliminary assistance that can be given hasn't happened, and it's making people extremely unhappy.
"They are now dependent upon their families, many of whom are coming over to the various affected areas to try and bring what they can."
Mass burials have begun in Tacloban UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos earlier said people had been "let down" by the slow dispersal of aid.
"The situation is dismal," she told reporters in Manila. "Those who have been able to leave have done so. Many more are trying. People are extremely desperate for help.
"We need to get assistance to them now. They are already saying it has taken too long to arrive. Ensuring a faster delivery is our ... immediate priority."
As survivors jostle for aid, the first mass burials have taken place in Tacloban, which was worst-affected by the storm.
HMS Illustrious will arrive on November 25 Officials said efforts had been made to identify the bodies so families have a chance of finding out what happened to their loved ones in the days and weeks to come. It was not immediately clear whether this included DNA testing.
The United Nations has confirmed that the typhoon killed 4,460 people, citing a government agency as the source of the figure.
That figure could rise, perhaps significantly, when information is collected from other areas of the disaster zone.
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier has arrived near the Gulf of Leyte and will set up a position off the coast of Samar Island to assess the damage and provide medical and water supplies.
Britain is deploying two warships, HMS Illustrious and HMS Daring, to the country to help with the relief effort.
At least £23m has been raised by the British public to help affected people and the British Government is also providing £20m.
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