Cebu Port , Philippines ( CNN ) -- Nearly 3,000 survivors of Typhoon Haiyan disembarked from a Philippines naval ship in Cebu Friday , carrying the few possessions they could take with them . Many cradled exhausted children ; a few even carried dogs . Evacuees said they were relieved to have left Tacloban City , which they described as `` dangerous '' and even `` hopeless . '' They said they could not get access to food or water and feared people were ransacking homes . `` We have survived the typhoon , but how to survive the dangers there , it was very , very hard to imagine , '' said Maejoy Vero , who left with her one-year-old son . The sea journey from Tacloban City took roughly 24 hours , in a ship normally used for naval transport . Volunteers greeted those who made it to Cebu , the Philippines ' second largest city . Evacuees received boxes of fried chicken and rice , as well as water . Members of the Philippines Navy helped the elderly and those in wheelchairs . At least one man was carried off the ship in a stretcher . Medical experts stood by to treat the injured . Dr. Lourdes Sasoy , a member of the medical team at the port , said she had seen everything from spinal cord injuries to skin infections . She had treated `` countless '' patients , none of whom had access to medical care since the storm . The more severe cases were being sent to local hospitals . Many of the evacuees planned to join family members who live elsewhere in the country , often either in Cebu or Manila , the nation 's capital . Cars and trucks lined the streets outside the naval port with those waiting to pickup survivors . People with nowhere to go will be transported to evacuation centers here in Cebu . INTERACTIVE : Typhoon 's deadly path . At least one local sports center is currently being used to provide shelter to victims , according to local officials , while the government works out more long-term plans . `` We are so tired , '' said Manilyn Asuncion , who was sitting on board with her extended family , while they waited for relatives to arrive . She and her nieces and nephews were among those holding signs of thanks to the Philippines Navy for getting them out . Another ship plans to leave Tacloban in the next day or two . Asuncion 's niece , eleven-year-old Misheiguel Cahuday , said she was sad to abandon her home in Tacloban City , but she understood the dangers and was trying to embrace the future . `` I 'll have a new life , '' she said . CNN 's Anna Coren contributed to this story .
Typhoon survivors arrive in Cebu after 24-hour sea journey from Tacloban . Evacuees received boxes of fried chicken and rice , as well as water . Many survivors were injured ; medical teams treated spinal injuries , skin infections . Cars , trucks lined streets to carry survivors to shelters and other parts of the country .