As Philippine 'Tent City' goes up, remote villagers remain without aid

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PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />This is Tacloban's new "Tent City".<br/> <br />A sign that relief efforts in the typhoon-hit Philippines are in it for the long haul.<br/> <br />On Monday, the United Nations warned the number of people displaced is now estimated at 4 million.<br/> <br />The humanitarian disaster so great, one U.N. official said it was like trying to help "all of Belgium".<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) UNIDENTIFIED EVACUEE SAYING:<br/> <br />"I don't know what we'll do. Whatever they wish to do with us, we'll just have to comply. After all, we don't have any homes to go back to."<br/> <br />President Benigno Aquino said the sheer scale of the suffering tempts him to despair.<br/> <br />But the full despair is likely felt here, in isolated areas like eastern Samar where Super Typhoon Haiyan first made landfall 11 days ago.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) EIDA ORACEY, HERNANI RESIDENT SAYING:<br/> <br />"It's too hard, we don't have shelter, clothes or food. It's just too much