Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）

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2024/10/10 Sri Lanka : Flood In the past few days, most provinces of Sri Lanka have been experiencing heavy rainfall and strong winds, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and damage. 2024/10/08 United States of America (the) : Hurricane Hurricane Milton made landfall on the night of 9 October 2024 as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, on the central west coast of Florida, U.S.A., the National Hurricane Center said. Milton had sustained winds of 120 mph at landfall, but its strength diminished to Category 1 as it moved inland across the state. More than 3.2 million customers were without power in Florida early Thursday, 10 October, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us. 2024/09/27 Nepal : Flood At least 100 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday, 27 September 2024 as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said on 28 September 2024. Most of the deaths took place in the Kathmandu valley, which is home to 4 million people and the capital of the country, where the flooding brought traffic and normal activity to a standstill. 2024/09/26 United States of America (the) : Hurricane Hurricane Helene crashed ashore in the Big Bend area of Florida, USA on Thursday night of 26 September 2024 as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane. From there, it quickly moved through Georgia, then it soaked the Carolinas and Tennessee with torrential rains, sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams. At least 116 people across multiple states were killed by Helene, a monster storm that caused a path of devastation that stretched over 600 miles. 2024/09/20 Japan : Flood Seven people are dead in the wake of torrential downpours in the central Ishikawa Prefecture of Japan since 20 September 2024 that have caused rivers to flood and mudslides across the Noto region. Some people living in temporary shelters following the New Years Day earthquake are once again facing recovery efforts, this time from flooding.

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Newsletter
ADRC Highlight vol.378 [English]
ADRC Highlight vol.377 [Russian]

Publications2024/01/04
NEW![ADRC Report] Summary information on the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Japan) is now available.

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Publications2023/10/12
[Databook] Natural Disasters Data Book-2022 edition

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Events2023/11/20
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) successfully organized the Online Tsunami Seminar FY2023 on 15 November 2023.

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Events2023/09/25
ADRC conducted a survey on the status of schools in the 2023 Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Affected Areas in Türkiye with the support of the Hyogo Prefecture.

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News2023/06/29
Aiming to acquire "Eruboshi" certification, we formulated the "General Incorporated Foundation Asian Disaster Reduction Center Action Plan".

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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