Asian Disaster Reduction Center（ADRC）

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2026/04/11 Papua New Guinea : Tropical Cyclone Over 10-11 April 2026, tropical cyclone MAILA continued moving very slowly over the Solomon Sea, causing very heavy rainfall, strong winds and consequent floods, landslides and severe weather-related incidents across eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Media and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports, as of 13 April, 11 fatalities (of whom eight are due to a landslide), seven still missing persons, an uncertain number of displaced people. 2026/04/10 Indonesia : Flood Heavy rainfall and strong winds affected the Java island, Indonesia over 10-12 April 2026, causing floods and strong wind-related incidents that have resulted in affected population and damage. 2026/04/08-2026/04/08 Indonesia : Earthquake An earthquake of 4.9 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in the northern Savu Sea, between the islands of Pulau Solor and Pulau Lembata, on 8 April 2026. 2026/04/06-2026/04/08 Fiji : Tropical Cyclone Between 6 and 8 April 2026, Tropical Cyclone VAIANU passed close to the western coasts of Fiji, causing displacement of people and damage to property. 2026/03/27 Russian Federation (the) : Flood Heavy rainfall in Dagestan, Russia during the last days of March 2026 and on April 5 2026 triggered widespread flooding, disruptions to water and power supplies, rockslides and mudflows, damaging roads and bridges. Six people, including three children, have died in floods following record-high rainfall.

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Newsletter
ADRC Highlight vol.396 [English]
ADRC Highlight vol.395 [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) was successfully 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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