Typhoon Haiyan kills thousands. Here's how you can help.

Fears more than 10,000 people are dead after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines.

Razing entire communities, flattening houses and shattering lives. The category five typhoon is thought to be one of the strongest ever recorded.

One of the worst affected areas is the city of Tacloban where up to 10,000 are said to have died. Bodies are floating amid debris, corpses are hanging from trees and roads are blocked.

In many areas there is no clean water, no electricity and very little food. Aid agencies say they are struggling to bring in relief.

Tales of children torn from their parent’s arms and cities with over 200,000 buildings destroyed were emerging from the apocalyptic countryside.

A storm chaser, John Morgerman described on Facebook an “utterly ghastly scene”.

“ There was “widespread looting and unclaimed bodies decaying in the open The typhoon moved fast and didn’t last long . . . but it struck with terrifying ferocity.”

A former Australian priest and sex abuse whistleblower is believed to be among the thousands feared.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed the death of a 50-year-old NSW man in Typhoon Haiyan, but declined to confirm his identity.

However he is believed to be former Australian priest Kevin Lee.

Kevin Lee made headlines last year as a whistleblower about child sex abuse in the Catholic Church; he was living in the Philippines with his wife and his six-week old daughter.

In May 2012 Kevin Lee caused an international scandal in the Catholic Church when his secret marriage was revealed. There were headlines across the globe – “Australian Priest Confesses to Leading Secret Double Life!” and a storm of controversy on Facebook.

After his double life unraveled he spoke out about abuse in the Catholic Church in the ABC’s Four Corners program Unholy Silence that aired on the ABC last year.

The exact Australian Death toll is unknown at this time as the authorities start the clean up. But a Melbourne woman Maiko “Michelle” Reimann was amoungst the Aussies missing, she last contacted her family via Facebook on Friday.

The “strongest typhoon on record” is now headed towards Vietnam, with more than 600,000 people evacuated in northern provinces.

It is expected to make landfall south of Hanoi this morning.

To help the victims of the Typhoon:

Philippines Red Cross is helping victims

Care is providing emergency relief on the ground

Save the Children is offering disaster relief for children

UNICEF is also providing emergency relief to the one million people affected.

 If you are concerned about loved ones in the area call the Consular Emergency Centre on 1300 555 135