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Punjab Floodwaters Recede, Letting Displaced Families Begin to Return

Authorities report more than 2.5 million uprooted with flows easing at Panjnad after weeks of monsoon flooding.

Overview

  • Residents in Narowal, Okara, Kasur, Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar have started going home, while aid still reaches cut-off families in Liaquatpur and Jalalpur Pirwala.
  • Water levels have fallen at Panjnad and returned to normal on the Ravi and Chenab, and the Sutlej is dropping, according to provincial and federal agencies.
  • Officials say the floods displaced over 2.5 million people in Punjab and killed about 100, with more than 4,500 villages inundated.
  • The PDMA describes one of its largest rescue drives, deploying over 1,500 boats and using helicopters and drones to deliver relief.
  • Pakistan’s disaster authority says the floodwaters are moving south toward Sindh, while nationwide deaths since late June exceed 950.