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The hard work of getting aid to survivors and accounting for the dead continues in the central and southern Philippines, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8.

Reuters writes that "the Philippines and international armed forces and aid agencies are struggling to get help to devastated areas due to the extent of the destruction, which has left 4 million people displaced."

The good news, NPR's Russell Lewis reported earlier Tuesday from the scene, is that the airport in the heavily damaged city of Tacloban is now able to handle scores of flights per day. That means vital food, water, medicine and equipment are pouring into the area.