Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）

Latest Disaster Information

2025/10/18 Philippines (the) : Typhoon Tropical Cyclone FENGSHEN (Local name: Ramil) made four landfalls over the landmass of Luzon, Philippines from 18 to 19 October 2025. According to the NDRRMC Situation Report as of 21 October 2025, 7 deaths, 1 injury, 2 missing individuals have been recorded. 2025/10/10 Philippines (the) : Earthquake An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 at a depth of 58.1 km occurred over the sea in the southern Philippines, on 10 October at 01:43 (UTC) (09:43 local time). The epicentre was approximately 17 km east of the coast of Mindanao Island. According to media, as of 10 October, at least two people died in Davao Oriental province, and 250 people have been evacuated from a damaged hospital and displaced in temporary shelters. 2025/10/06 Viet Nam : Typhoon Tropical cyclone MATMO affected parts of Viet Nam starting from 6 October 2025, resulting in floods, landslides and severe weather-related incidents. The worst-impacted provinces are located in northern Viet Nam. Due to this disaster, eight people died and five people are missing. 2025/10/03 Nepal : Flood Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods blocking roads, washing away bridges and killing at least 47 people since Friday, 3 October 2025 in Nepal, officials said on Sunday, 5 October 2025. 2025/09/30 Philippines (the) : Earthquake A 6.9 magnitude earthquake has struck along the northern tip of the island of Cebu, Visaya region of the central Philippines at 21:59 local time (13:59 GMT) on 30 September 2025.

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Newsletter
ADRC Highlight vol.391 [English]
ADRC Highlight vol.390 [Russian]

Publications2024/10/31
[Annual Report] ADRC Annual Report 2023

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Publications2024/10/31
[Databook] Natural Disasters Data Book-2023 edition

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Events2025/12/17
NEW! Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2025 (ACDR2025) will be held on 17-18 December 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please visit here.

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Events2025/09/30
NEW! The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) successfully held the Online Tsunami Seminar FY2025 on 30 September 2025. For access to the seminar materials and video, please click here.

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News2025/03/28
NEW! Summary Report of the 2025 Myanmar Earthquake is available (Continuously updated).

The Thoughts of ADRC

ADRC was founded in 1998 in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
The mission is to enhance disaster resilience of its member countries, to create safe communities where people can live with peace of mind, and to create a society that enables sustainable development.
For the purpose, the ADRC is promoting the establishment of multilateral networks through personnel exchanges and a variety of other programs for disaster risk reduction in Asia.

ADRC activities

Information Sharing on DRR

Learning from Disasters and Benefiting from Information
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Human Resource
Development

Disaster Risk Reduction begins with Capacity Building
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Community DRR Activities

Community Participation is a Key to Effective Disaster Reduction
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