TACLOBAN: US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the typhoon-devastated central Philippine city of Tacloban on Wednesday, expressing shock at the death and destruction and vowing that Washington will not abandon its key ally.

"This is a devastation unlike anything that I have ever seen at this scale," Kerry told reporters as he toured a temporary US aid supply depot for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan).

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