10,000 feared dead in typhoon-hit Philippine province: police

Tacloban (Philippines) (AFP) - A super typhoon is believed to have killed 10,000 people in one Philippine province, a regional police chief said Sunday.

"We had a meeting last night with the governor and based on the government's estimates, initially there are 10,000 casualties (dead)," Chief Supt Elmer Soria told reporters in Tacloban, the devastated capital of Leyte province.

Soria was referring to a meeting with the governor of Leyte.