An avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border sent a wall of water racing through parts of the country. Over 1,200 people have died, and thousands are still missing.
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…