Displaced families began returning home as floodwaters significantly receded across much of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, where swollen rivers displaced more than 2.5 million people and killed about 100 during weeks of monsoon deluges, officials said Monday.
Photos and videos posted on social media show lush fields that once swayed with crops are now only sand and silt. Returning residents said they will have to replant while rebuilding their homes.
