Some 600,000 people were evacuated in northern provinces.
'Not enough manpower'
The relief efforts in the Philippines are being focused on the eastern province of Leyte and its capital Tacloban.
But officials in the city said they were struggling to distribute aid, looting was widespread and order was proving difficult to enforce.
In some areas, the dead are being buried in mass graves.
Houses have been flattened by the massive storm surge that accompanied Typhoon Haiyan.
"There is looting in the malls and large supermarkets. They are taking everything, even appliances like TV sets. These will be traded later on for food," said Tacloban city administrator Tecson John Lim.
"We don't have enough manpower. We have 2,000 employees but only about 100 are reporting for work. Everyone is attending to their families."
President Benigno Aquino, who has visited Tacloban, pledged to send 300 police and soldiers to "bring back peace and order".
But local residents fear for their safety.
"Tacloban is totally destroyed. Some people are losing their minds from hunger or from losing their families," high school teacher Andrew Pomeda told AFP news agency.
"People are becoming violent. They are looting business establishments, the malls, just to find food, rice and milk... I am afraid that in one week, people will be killing from hunger."
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports that the scene in Tacloban is one of utter devastation.
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