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Tents, laying out their blankets on top of gravestones. this village is one of thousands across northwest pakistan that have been destroyed by what pakistani government officials are calling the worst flood in northwest pakistan in this nations 63-year history. this flood is coming after three days of record-breaking monsoon rains. many of these villages in flood-ravaged areas are cut off from help. thats why aid groups and the government are having a very difficult time getting to them. this is...

Begin by the end of august. a catastrophe is unfolding in pakistan where flooding has killed at least 800 people. that death toll is expected to rise as well. the u.n. says nearly a million people have been affected by the flood. rain has washed away thousands of acres of crops. aid groups are rushing in to help the victims of the flooding but mormon soon rain could be on the way on monday. russia could use some rain as wildfires burn unchecked in the west. at least 25 people have been kille...

Family whenever we went to new york, the boys, to sean. he was just -- he -- i tell you, theres two sides to him. he could fire someone in a second. we prevented him from firing someone. there was a security guard, wouldnt letmy two boys on the field. of course, they didnt have passes -- >> larry, thank you. >> larry: he went up -- >> were out of time. larrys back tomorrow. time for anderson cooper and "ac 360." were live in port-au-prince keeping them honest. thousands of people are spending ye...

>> reporter: despite a very difficult task, aid groups say they have reunited by-b 430 children with their parents since the quake. but so far, no luck for jon. do you like girls? no. thats our first answer from this shy little guy. while were on the air tonight, hes asleep. another night in the tent, a 4-year-old, who still has no family. >> its so sad. but they know for a fact his mom perished? >> they know his mom perished. theyre dad theyre not sure about. a lot of people wonder, arent the p...

800,000, are kids. officially 2,500 of those kids are registered as separated from their parents since the quake. but there are likely thousands more. >> our first priority is to give them a chance to be they may have extended family members they can be reunified with. we want to exhaust every option before we consider adoption. >> reporter: despite the very difficult task, aid groups say they have reunited about 430 children with their parents since the quake. but so far, no luck for jean. do y...

Where his father might have recently been seen. but this man doesnt recognize the boys face or the fathers name. and thats the same response they keep getting over and over and over again. but the aid group says this search will continue indefinitely. >> well do everything we can to trace his father. >> reporter: today, six months after the quake, nearly 1 out of 5 haitians are homeless. there are roughly 9 million people who live in this nation. the u.n. says 1.6 million dont have a home. and h...

There are roughly 9 million people who live in this nation. the u.n. says 1.6 million dont have a home. and half of the homeless, about 800,000, are kids. officially 2500 of those kids are registered as separated from their parents since the quake. but there are likely thousands more. >> our first priority is to give them a chance to be reunified with their family. if the childrens parents are dead they may have extended family, so we first want to exhaust every option before we could consider a...

Hospitals, the same thing is happening in camps. >> i talked to former president clinton about that today. he said these aid groups are not working together and theyre not informing his group about what theyre doing, where theyre doing it, and what kind of supplies they have. and a lot of these aid groups, i think, they all are fighting for funds, all are fighting to raise money. and they dont want to share, it seems like, in a lot of cases. >> theyre absolutely not communicating. so many of the...

Relief effort. that didnt matter, the items are still being held in custom. this is not an isolated case, msf, doctors without borders, one of the most prestigious relief organizations in the world, they won their nobel peace prize. they had 20 trucks held by customs for four months. no explanation given. in the meantime, they paid over $100,000 to rent trucks here to do life-saving work. other organizations told us similar stories, being charged tens of thousands of dollars for storage fees whe...

Exactly as it was. if anything, the structures have become a little more permanent as people have settled in for the long haul in these makeshift emcampments. theres a lack of organization here. a lack of leadership by the haitian government. a lack of coordination among aid groups. this rubble, which you talk about, i mean, the idea it might take 20 years, thats kind of a worst case scenario. they have to coming up with more creative solutions. at this point theres no large scale effort with he...