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Security. i think, they're going to be on the ground and we're going to be helping people for however long it takes. >> michael, i know it's difficult to compare disaster scenes. you've seen many other tornados. what does this one feel like compared to what you've seen before? >> this one was just extremely, extremely violent. i haven't seen this level of destruction from just the sheer wind. it's also, you know, stretches across the entire town. typically when i go into areas when i arrive on scene the search and rescue teams are wrapping up. that wasn't the case this time. the search and res...

Compared to what you've seen before? >> this one was just extremely, extremely violent. i haven't seen this level of destruction from just the sheer wind. it's also, you know, stretches across the entire town. typically when i go into areas when i arrive on scene the search andres cue teams are wraing up. that wasn't the case this time. the search andres cue teams were going out and at 5:30 this morning they went out to grid the whole city. usually that's typically over by the time i get in. those efforts are still going. this is definitely still the emergency phase for this community. >> mich...

However, only 20% of that has been received. 37. now, relief efforts have gone into the emergency phase and over $1 billion will be required. shannon: do we know where the most relief is coming from. it would be welcome just about anywhere. >> reporter: the u.s. donated the most. $76 million in relief assistance. military choppers are performs rescue and relief operations almost daily. these choppers rescued 3,500 people and transported 12,000 pounds of relief supplies. it's beginning to melt the icen the antiamerican sentiments, about it's lost with the magnitude of the crisis as millions are...

Flooding have began two weeks ago and hit one quarter of the country. some 7.9 million acres are under water. at least 1500 people have been killed. another 20 million affected. fox news producer sib is on the phone from islamabad. sib, what are the u.n.'s attorney general specific goals for being there. >> hi, julie. his goal is he is visiting the flood-rasmged pakistan as appeal for initial $450 million to procure more relief items and urged to speed up the much need establishes. however, only 20% of that has been received. relief efforts are still in the emergency phase and billions of doll...

Commission to expedite ngo's that are registered in the country. that's a rather new thing. what had happened, you had the emergency phase. and then the rebuild phase. once it becomes that, in the international community's mind and the government's mind, then you're leaving it to an infrastructure that in the beginning already had more than it could handle. and now it's got all of these needs piled on top of it, with the earthquake. i would like to know, has usid offered administrative aid to the department of finance? if so, why would the ministry of finance not accept it? have they accepted ...