US foreign-aid cuts threaten disaster-preparedness programmes, report says

Abrupt cuts to US foreign aid in 2025 eliminated or sharply curtailed programmes serving millions of people worldwide, according to an NDTV report. The report presents the reductions as a setback for efforts to prepare communities for climate disasters. It says the consequences have been devastating for many communities, but the supplied material does not identify those communities or describe specific disasters.

No programme names, funding figures or country-by-country breakdown is included in the extract. It is therefore not possible from the supplied material to establish the scale of the cuts beyond the description that programmes were eliminated or substantially reduced. The account does not explain which agency or agencies implemented the changes, how quickly they took effect or what categories of preparedness work were affected.

It also does not identify the number of people served by individual programmes. There is no response from the US administration, aid organisations or governments in affected countries in the material provided. The report does not state whether replacement funding has been offered or whether any programmes continue through other sources.

The available information connects the aid reductions with concerns about weakened disaster preparedness as climate disasters grow. It does not supply enough detail to assess the specific operational or financial effects in particular places.