U.S. Ended Nepal Landslide Monitoring Months Before Monsoon Floods

In January 2025, the Trump administration cut funding for a program tracking landslide hotspots in Nepal — early-warning infrastructure for monsoon disasters. Months later, catastrophic monsoon floods hit the country. The U.S. later raised flood relief aid from $500,000 to $3.6 million after experts called the initial commitment "pitiful."