Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）

Latest Disaster Information

2025/11/27 Sri Lanka : Flood At least 56 people have been killed and 21 are missing in Sri Lanka after floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains wreaked havoc on the week of 23 November 2025, in one of its worst weather related disasters the country has seen in recent years. 2025/11/23 Indonesia : Landslide Heavy rainfall and strong winds have been affecting the Sumatra island, north-western Indonesia over the week of 23 November 2025, causing floods and landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage. 2025/11/22 Malaysia : Flood Heavy rainfall has been affecting several states of Peninsular Malaysia since 22 November 2025, causing floods that have resulted in population evacuations and damage. The affected states are Kelantan, Perlis, Perak, Kedah, Penang, Terengganu and Selangor. 2025/11/21 Bangladesh : Earthquake At 10:38 a.m. local time on 21 November, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Ghorashal in Narasingdi District, Bangladesh at a depth of 10 kilometres. Casualty reports continue to emerge across multiple districts, with at least eight fatalities confirmed at the time of this report (three in Dhaka, one in Narayangonj and four in Narsingdi). 2025/11/19 Viet Nam : Flood From 16-19 November 2025, a very large-scale heavy rain event occurred in the Central region of Vietnam, leading to cascading floods. The key provinces affected were: Hue, Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, and Dak Lak. Reports from functional agencies have recorded casualties, including fatalities and missing persons, and thousands of houses were flooded or damaged across many localities.

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Newsletter
ADRC Highlight vol.392 [English]
ADRC Highlight vol.391 [Russian]

Publications2025/11/07
[Databook] Natural Disasters Databook 2024 Edition (English only)

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Publications2025/11/05
[Annual Report]Asian Disaster Reduction Center Annual Report 2024

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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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