pakistan en route in the flood zone. joining us my phone, ressa, what s the latest, the death toll is even increasing? reporter: yes, the condition is bad. one official calling this the worst natural disaster ever in northwest pakistan in the 63-year history of this country. these floods have been catastrophic for many areas in northwestern pakistan. the event will show that the p latest figure we have is 800 people killed, according to a minister. the hardest hit area is a province, most of the victims are here. that s where we are. officials saying several districts in that province, hundreds of homes have been swept away. many of these homes are made of mud, oftentimes unable to withstand heavy flood waters. officials say scores of businesses, schools and government buildings have also been destroyed. the goal for relief crews right now is to get to some of these
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of mud. officials say scores of businesses, schools, and government buildings have also been destroyed. the goal for relief crews right now is to get into some of these areas as soon as possible. and we are keeping a close watch on this developing story and we ll bring you updates twhan are available. crews are getting ready to seal up the ruptured oil well once and for all. but there s been a bit of a delay. our own reynolds wolf is in new orleans. reynolds, what s going on right now? reporter: well, jim, the latest we have is one of the relief wells. the bottom kill, may be the final thing that actually kills the issue. we ve run into a bit of a wrinkle. the wrinkle is just last weekend when we were dealing with the remnants of the tropical storm
destroyed. what stands out where we are right now is that there is no relief crews here. what i m seeing right now, literally thousands of people, many of them covered in mud, oftentimes whole families walking with their belongings to, who knows where. it is a very sad scene. again no rescue crews here. that s what they re trying to do is get to these areas. but because of roads being blocked, because of bridges collapsing it is very difficult to do at this point. reza, one more thing. have the rains stopped? has the weather that came down on them at least for now, for the time being, stopped and there is no more rain? yeah. the good news is for the past 24 hours, they have stopped. today is relatively clear but the bad news is those monsoon rains are coming again tomorrow, the next several days. how severe they re going to be we don t know but monsoon season doesn t end until september, t.j. reza sayah for us on the road
and government buildings have also been destroyed. the goal for relief crews is to get into some of these areas as soon as possible. we, of course, continue to keep a close eye on that developing story. we will continue to bring you those updates as they are available. the suspected source of thousands of army field reports that ended up on line earlier this week is in military facility and under guard. private first class bradley manning facing a possible court-martial. this incident ignited a war of words between the u.s. secretary of defense, robert gates, and admiral mike mullen and the founder of the whistle blower website. cnn live in washington with the very latest. this was an interesting and direct back and forth we saw between top pentagon officials and this guy who runs his website this week. absolutely t.j. and kate,
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