The pictures we've seen so far look like the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan. But it's worse than that. The pictures I've seen so far showed some structures standing. If the winds were that high on the ground no structure would be left standing, at least not toward the core of the storm.
I can remember taking some relief supplies into FL after Andrew, years ago. There was a cinder-block concrete building (the RSU controller shack) next to the runway at Homestead AFB that was mostly gone, with one or two blocks left on the concrete slab. The rest was gone, completely. Many of the residences of Filipinos are built from concrete cinder blocks. And this typhoon was on a level at or worse than Andrew in terms of winds, but much larger is size.
Many areas that were affected the most are inaccessible, because the access routes are blocked. No pictures from there yet, as least not that I've seen (maybe some have, or will be taken from the air).
It'll be weeks before we get a good handle on a reliable number of how many are dead or missing.