Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）

Latest Disaster Information

2024/12/03 Indonesia : Flood Floods and landslides hit a number of areas in Cianjur Regency, West Java Province, on 3 December 2024, due to heavy rainfall. The disasters caused significant damage in several sub-districts and resulted in casualties. According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), as of 6 December, two people died and six are still missing in the Simpenan district of the Sukabumi regency, in West Java province. 2024/11/26 Thailand : Flood Continuous heavy rains brought by the northeast monsoon since the last week have caused floods and flash floods over the southern region of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia as reported by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) . 2024/11/19 Malaysia : Flood Heavy rainfall has been affecting Peninsular Malaysia since 19 November 2024, causing floods that have resulted in population displacement and damage. 2024/11/17 Philippines (the) : Typhoon A powerful typhoon named "Man-yi" (local name: Pepito) wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday, 17 November 2024, in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month. 2024/11/07 Philippines (the) : Typhoon Typhoon Yinxing (local name: Marce) battered the northern Philippines with floods and landslides before blowing away from the country on Friday, 8 November 2024, leaving two airports damaged and aggravating a calamity caused by back-to-back storms that hit in recent weeks. The typhoon flooded villages, toppled trees and electricity poles, and damaged houses and buildings in Cagayan province, where Yinxing made landfall on the afternoon of 7 November 2024.

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ADRC Highlight vol.380 [English]
ADRC Highlight vol.380 [Russian]

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

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

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Events2024/11/12
NEW! Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) organized the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2024 (ACDR2024) on 12-13 November 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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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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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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