Pakistan: fears for areas cut off by floods as damage to roads hampers relief effort

PM vows government will not disappoint flood victims as economic losses estimated at more than $10bn

There are growing fears for people living in communities in Pakistan cut off by devastating flooding caused by unusually strong monsoon rains, as damage to major roads hampers the military-led relief effort.

On a visit to a badly flooded area in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, the prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, described the rains as unprecedented in the last 30 years". I have never seen such devastation in my life," he said, vowing that his government won't disappoint" flood victims.