this is seth robertson and his partner brian. this is t.j. he s a kayaker who came by and wanted to help these guys with some of the rescues. t.j., i heard you re trying to guide them, what s going on back here? which is much further away, there s an elderly couple that s stuck down there. we think there s a few other people stuck the elderly and we can t find a way through, but right now, we re working on a solution for that. we think there may be a way further down 610. if we can get on 610 and then unload the boat, launch it there. even if it gets shallow, i can get them to the boat and we can get them to safety. you cannot get their water at that point. you have to go around someone. correct. difficult. so far, it s pretty difficult. the police don t know of an open route, but we re going to work on it. i mean, boats go in water, right? so, you know, if there s water blocking, we should be able to find a way. reporter: we saw you guys i leave with the police. you took t
now torrential monsoon rains have left other people stranded in the northwest region of the country and rescue workers are struggling to save lives daily. over a million have been affected by the floods. rivers overflow having wiped out villages. devastating and destructive landslides throughout the northwest. cities have been cut off with water blocking entry and exit routes due to heavy rainfall. majority of the farm lands have been destroyed. peshawar, the capital of northwest province has been flooded. pakistani military concentrating all efforts to rescue people have sent boats and helicopters to nearby towns and villages to aid people. but that has not been enough. relief organizations pulling relief services. u.s. government is providing rescue boats, walter water filter units. more and more people could be affected as river levels are expected to rise. the casualty figures may be much higher as numbers dead from some
more than 800 people have been killed in the worst floods in pakistan s history. than estimated 400 have been rescued. torrential rains have left thousands of people stranded and rescue workers are working to struggle lives daily. over a million people have been affected by the floods and rivers overflowing have wiped out villages, triggered destructive landslides. cities have been cut off with water blocking entrance and exit routes and majority of farm lands have been destroyed. at this hour, the capital of the northwest province has been flooded and the military is concentrating efforts to rescue people have sent boats and helicopters to nearby towns and villages to aid people, but that has not been enough. other relief organizations are pulling resources and the u.s. government is providing rescue boats, food and prefabricated bridges to replace those damaged