Latest on flooding in Dadu; Holbrooke tours flooded area

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SHOTLIST Makli, Thatta district, Sindh province 1. Wide shot of officials at Makli hill district Thatta 2. Various US special envoy to Pakistan Richard Holbrooke talking to flood victims at camp 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Holbrooke, US special envoy to Pakistan "There are two phases at least in this, there's the emergency relief phase, which we're in now, and then there's the reconstruction phase. The reconstruction phase is going to take a very long time, the devastation is enormous, the estimates of what it will cost run into tens of billions of dollars. But right now we just have to get the people back on their feet, the waters have to recede, we have to find out how many bridges and roads have been destroyed, and we have to help Pakistan fix that problem. The Pakistani economy was getting better, was getting stronger, when this happened and the international community had given billions of dollars to Pakistan, in Swat last year there was an immense effort. All of that effort was washed away by these floods." 4. Holbrooke walking with officials 5. Holbrooke getting into car 6. Convoy of cars driving away Dadu district 7. Aerial of Dadu district showing flooded houses and huts 8. Pakistan naval official looking out of helicopter 9. Pakistan naval official unloading medicines from helicopter in Faridabad village, Dadu district 10. Flood victims including children, women and men approaching helicopter to be lifted to safer place 11. Flood victims boarding helicopter 12. Flood victims running towards helicopter 13. Flood victims sitting inside helicopter with children 8. Close of children 14. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Naheed (only name given), flood victim, "In our village Faridabad, poor people are just waiting for help as there is nothing available to eat or drink. There are some rare food supplies from a boat. No flour or vegetables. Nothing is available in the village." 15. Pakistan naval official helping children to climb from helicopter 16. Wide of helicopter 14. Wide shot, makeshift camps in a college in Dadu district 15. Close of children 16. People sitting in tent 17. Mid of tents STORYLINE: The US special envoy to Pakistan sought to highlight Washington's aid efforts on Wednesday during his first visit since massive floods devastated one of America's most important allies in the war against militancy. Richard Holbrooke, who was visiting a relief camp in Makli, in Sindh province's Thatta district, stressed that US support is focused on saving lives, rather than winning hearts and minds or pushing Pakistan to step up operations against al-Qaida and the Taliban. He was unequivocal about the extent of the flood damage, saying: "The reconstruction phase is going to take a very long time, the devastation is enormous, the estimates of what it will cost run into tens of billions of dollars." In the meantime, he said, the priority was to get the people back on their feet. Other senior US officials have stressed that the flood relief is purely humanitarian, but even before the disaster hit, the US was looking for ways to improve its image in Pakistan, a country where anti-American sentiment is pervasive despite spending billions of dollars in aid. The US has donated more than 260 (m) million US dollars for flood relief and has provided 18 military helicopters to evacuate people and deliver food and supplies. It has also provided water purification kits and deployed mobile medical teams to help prevent the spread of disease. But the scale of the disaster, which has killed more than 1,700 people and affected more than 18 (m) million others, has overwhelmed both the international community and the Pakistani government. 500-thousand displaced people camping out in his area. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f34bcf9726bc3ba7894c2957f2db5b4e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork