Philippine typhoon death toll rises above 5,000, expected to climb higher

Philippine officials say the death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further. Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Friday that 4,919 people were killed in the Eastern Visayas region. Civil defense chief Eduardo del Rosario said 290 others died in other parts of the central and southern Philippines. The regions were battered two weeks ago by fierce winds and tsunami-like storm surges from Typhoon Haiyan, locally called Yolanda.