Articles Category: Disaster
Forging Ahead: The New AADMER Programme for 2021-2025
ASEAN Aspires to be the Global Leader in Disaster Management
ASEAN Training Centre For Social Workers: Social Protection and Social Resilience in Disaster Situations

Countries around the globe face various types of catastrophic disasters. Tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, cyclones, typhoons, floods, drought, and other climate change-related hazards are among the most common natural disasters. Their intensity and unpredictability have resulted in great loss of lives and damages to property and infrastructure.
Myanmar Unified Platform for Disaster Risk Application: A Decision Support Tool for Risk Informed Development Planning and Implementation
Can ASEAN Respond to a Slow-Onset Disaster?

“One ASEAN, One Response” is far from just a tagline. It is a well thought out concept born out of a necessity to connect the real disaster experience from ground zero to the highest level of the diplomatic arena in ASEAN. It was borne from ASEAN’s experience in its response to the 2013 Super Typhoon … Can ASEAN Respond to a Slow-Onset Disaster?
Rowel Balais

When Super Typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) struck the Philippines on 7 November 2013, Rowel Balais and his family hunkered down in their home in the town of Palo, Leyte province. Along with Tacloban city, it was one of the hardest hit areas by the deadly typhoon. Haiyan affected 16 million people and killed over … Rowel Balais
Dr. Rangi W. Sudrajat
Ready for the Dry Years: Regional action to adapt to drought
As Typhoons Hit the Region ASEAN is Prepared to Respond

Super Typhoon Goni slammed the northeastern coast of the Philippines on the first day of November. The country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reports that as of 4 November, the typhoon had caused at least 20 deaths and affected more than two million people in 12 regions.