At least three people have been killed and one is missing as the strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly to ever hit land battered the Philippines.
Two people were electrocuted by power lines toppled by the cyclone while a third victim was struck by lightning, Reynaldo Balido, spokesman for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, told the AFP news agency on Friday.
Of the seven people injured, one was hurt in the lightning incident, while the rest were struck by falling objects, he told a news conference.
A man is also missing after he was swept off a bank in the central port of Cebu, AFP reported.
The death toll is expected to rise, with authorities unable to immediately contact the worst-affected areas and Haiyan only expected to leave the Philippines in the evening.
Power and communications in the three large island provinces of Samar, Leyte and Bohol were almost completely down but the government and telephone service providers promised to restore them within 24 hours, said Reuters.
Authorities warned that more than 12 million people were at risk, including residents of Cebu City, which has a population of about 2.5 million, and areas still reeling from a deadly 2011 storm and a 7.2-magnitude quake last month.
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