Flooding Hit Nepal After the U.S. Halted Environmental Hazard Program
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- Severe flooding struck Nepal after the United States halted funding for a natural-hazard program in the Himalayan country.
- The program monitored areas at high risk of landslides, and the Trump administration stopped it in January of the previous year.
Severe flooding in Nepal last Wednesday followed the U.S. decision to halt funding for a natural-hazard program in the Himalayan country.
The program monitored areas at high risk of landslides. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump stopped the program in January of the previous year.
The flooding has drawn attention to the timing of the program’s suspension and its role in monitoring environmental hazards in Nepal.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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