Trump shut down project to track natural disasters in Nepal a year before deadly floods came: Report
The satellite program mapped dangerous glacial lakes and flood risks, while the State Department said core tools still operate through ICIMOD.
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By Andrew Freedman, CNN In January 2025, the Trump administration suspended funding for a long-standing program aimed at identifying and monitoring areas at high risk of landslides in Nepal. A little over a year later, more than 1,100 people died when a huge ice-glacial slide and rocks high in the Himalayas triggered water streams that quickly advanced and hit Nepal and China.The disaster illustrates the growing danger of living in mountainous r…
WASHINGTON: The devastating floods that hit Nepal last Wednesday came after US President Donald Trump halted funding for a natural hazards program in the Himalayan country. The Trump administration halted the program in January last year, which also monitored high-risk landslide areas in Nepal. Although the program is not ...
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