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Asian Disaster Reduction Center(ADRC)

We are promoting multilateral network building for improving disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity including enhancement of DRR-related personnel exchanges in Asia

Latest Disaster Information

2024/10/29 Spain Flood At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday, 29 October 2024, sweeping away bridges and buildings, local authorities said on Wednesday, 30 October 2024. 2024/10/24 India Tropical Cyclone, Flood Tropical cyclone DANA made landfall over the area between the Paradeep city and the Balasore city, far north-western Odisha state, near the border with the West Bengal state very late in the evening (UTC) on 24 October 2024, with maximum sustained winds up to 120 km/h (tropical cyclone). 2024/10/23 Philippines (the) Typhoon Tropical storm TRAMI (local name: Kristine), is moving north-westwards and is approaching the north-eastern coasts of Luzon, northern Philippines. On 23 October 2024 at 3.00 UTC its centre was located over the sea, approximately 200 km east of Casiguran, Aurora province, Central Luzon region with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h (tropical storm) and gusts up to 105 km/h. Following its influence over at least four regions of the Philippines, national authorities report three missing people and one injured person in the Bicol region. In addition, more than 12,600 have been displaced and more than 382,000 affected across Bicol, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, and Zamboanga Peninsula. 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.

What’s New

TunamiDay
Newsletter
ADRC Highlight vol.379 [English]
ADRC Highlight vol.378 [Russian]
Publications2024/10/31
NEW![Databook] Natural Disasters Data Book-2023 edition

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

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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".

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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.

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Member Countries DRR Information

Country reports which compiled DRR information and other relevant information of member countries are available.

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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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Reports on ADRC Projects