The Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal. A year later, disaster struck
- Posted on September 2, 2026
- By CNN
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The Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal. A year later, disaster struck
In January 2025, the Trump administration cut off a grant to a long-running program that aimed to identify and monitor landslide hotspots in Nepal. Just over a year later, more than 1,100 people perished when a huge glacier and rock landslide high in the Himalayas triggered fast-moving floodwaters that struck Nepal and China.
