Super Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Estimates Soar to 10,000 [VIDEOs]

Bodies were left strewn in the streets in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Typhoon Yolanda, after the massive storm made landfall in the Philippines Friday.

Estimates of the dead have risen throughout the weekend, particularly for the hardest-hit province of Leyte where as many as 10,000 are believed to have been killed by one of -- if not the -- largest storms in recorded history to hit land.

The descriptions of scenes coming from survivors paint a hellish picture: a hand-drawn sign left at the front of St. Paul's Hospital in the city of Tacloban, the capital of Leyte, reading "No admissions. No supplies," families separated in the chaos and buildings flattened, are just some of those being reported from the ground, according to CNN.

In all, police chief superintendent Elmer Soria from Leyte estimated that Haiyan had destroyed an estimated 70 to 80 percent of the structures in its path, Reuters reported.

"People are walking like zombies looking for food," Jenny Chu, a medical student in Leyte, told the outlet. "It's like a movie."

Haiyan made its way onto Vietnam early Monday, though in a much weakened state. Nearly 900,000 people were evacuated during its steady approach, the BBC reports, noting that the at least 13 are believed to have been killed and 81 injured.

Meanwhile in the Philippines, looting in places like Leyte are compromising safety and infrastructure.

"We don't have enough manpower," Tacloban city administrator Tecson John Lim told reporters about the problem. "We have 2,000 employees but only about 100 are reporting for work. Everyone is attending to their families."

According to USA Today, Philippine soldiers were distributing food and water in Tacloban and assessment teams from the United Nations and other international agencies had arrived on the scene as of Monday. Meanwhile, the US military has dispatched food, water, generators and Marines as part of the first wave of support expected to grow into a multinational effort.

"We're working hand in hand with the Philippines, both with their armed forces and the national police, and we will help them in their need," Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy said, CNN reported.