Landslides complicate Pakistan flood relief efforts


MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Landslides triggered by the worst floods in Pakistan in 80 years are hampering already troubled relief efforts, with aid workers using mules or travelling on foot to reach people in desperate need of help.

Poor weather has made it difficult for helicopters to deliver food to some parts of the Swat Valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad, and among the areas first hit by the deluge.

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