Social media gives Pakistani flood survivors platform to share experiences

The death toll now numbers over 1,200 in Pakistan where dramatic monsoon flooding covered a third of the country, leaving more than half a million homeless.

Images of the suffering — submerged buildings, hungry children and damaged — are now being shared around the world, as are videos expressing anger at public officials who many in affected areas say didn't do enough to prepare for the floods.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talk with Femi Oke, host of Al Jazeera English's "The Stream," about the role of social media in Pakistan's tragedy.