3. Collection and Distribution of Disaster Information

3-2 Database on Disaster Risk Reduction
3-2-1. Latest Disaster Information Database
ADRC has added a database of information on recent disasters to its website, which is designed
to serve as a clearinghouse for disaster information obtained from various sources since
September 1998. Summaries with direct links to the original sources enable the rapid search andretrieval of information.
The database provides a brief summary of each disaster (date, location, and overview), a brief
outline of the damage sustained, links to information categorized by geographic data, emergency
relief information, urgent reports from ADRC members, and graphic information. Suchinformation is continually updated as additional information is released.
Figures 3-2-1-1 shows the structure of website which have been renewing latest information ofnatural disaster. And table 3-2-1-1 is the list of latest disaster information.
The information originates mainly from announcements issued by disaster organizations in
ADRC member countries, UNOCHA ReliefWeb, the International Federation of Red Cross andRed Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the media. The latest disaster information site also includes
links to relevant disaster management organizations and information contained elsewhere within
ADRC’s website, which works as a portal to various kinds of information. As of the end of March
2013, the database provides information on a total of about 1,643 disasters.

Fig.3-2-1-1 Structure of homepage of disaster information

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Table .3-2-1-1 Major Disasters in Fiscal 2012
(Disasters with more than 100 killed or missing, or more than 100,000 affected)
DateCountry

2012/4/24

Kenya

2012/5/5
2012/5/6

TypeKilledMissing

Affected

Flash Flood1758,000NepalFlood26

Afghanistan

Flash Flood172012/5/10

China

Heavy Snow

102

30

13,000,000

2012/5/10

Afghanistan

Flash Flood28

2018,000

2012/5/26

China

Heavy Rain, Land Slide5

2012/6/5

China

Snow slide

10

2012/6/9

China

Heavy Rain, Land Slide5

2012/6/12

Philippine

Flash Flood

13

1730,964

2012/6/21

China

Heavy Rain

50

42

10,400,000

2012/6/24

India

Flood

536

2012/6/24

China

Earthquake

2012/6/26

Bangladesh

Flood, Land Slide147

2012/6/28

China

Flood, Land Slide6530

2012/7/1

China

Typhoon2012/7/1

North Korea

Typhoon, Land Slide

169

400

2012/7/6

RussiaFlood, Land Slide171

2012/7/10

Philippine

Typhoon5162012/7/11

Japan

Flood, Land Slide30

3

2012/7/22

Nigel

Flood

81

2012/8/2

India

Flood, Land Slide34

2012/8/2

China

Tropical Depression

23

2012/8/4

Chad

Heavy Rain, Flood34

2012/8/7

Philippine

Heavy Rain, Flood109

2012/8/8

China

Typhoon62,170,000

2012/8/8

MexicoTropical Depression

1210,000

2012/8/11

IranEarthquake

306

157,4032012/8/15

Philippine

Tropical Depression

10

2012/8/17

China

Flood, Land Slide3

2012/8/18

VietnamTyphoon27

2012/8/23

PakistanFlash Flood, Land Slide455

2012/9/3

VietnamHeavy Rain, Flood16

2012/9/5

Pakistan

Heavy Rain, Flash Flood50

2012/9/7

China

Earthquake80

2012/9/9

Pakistan

Heavy Rain, Flood17

2012/9/21

India

Flash Flood, Land Slide33

2012/10/4

China

Land Slide

16

3

2012/10/11

Bangladesh

Tropical Depression

36

72

103,836

2012/10/24

Philippine

Typhoon27

9108,021

2012/10/24

Haiti

Hurricane5421

2012/10/25

Cuba

Hurricane

1151

200,000

1,090,000

2,543,175
155,000
2,000,000
17,440,000
400,000

16

212,200
20,000867,799

525,4719465,896
2

4,191,479

160,26010

5,056,489

10,0001,000,000

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2012/10/28

VietnamTyphoon11

2012/10/29

America

Hurricane106102012/10/31

India

Cyclone2012/11/1

Sri Lanka

Drought

2012/11/4

India

Heavy Rain, Flood25

2012/11/7

Guatemala

Earthquake18

2012/11/8

Indonesia

Flash Flood117

2012/11/11

MyanmarEarthquake

26

12

2012/11/30

PakistanLand Slide

15

3

2012/12/1

Bangladesh

Cold Wave80

2012/12/4

Philippine

Typhoon

1,067

834

2012/12/13

Samoa

Cyclone512

2012/12/13

RussiaCold Wave

220

2012/12/17

Sri Lanka

Flood, Land Slide45

2012/12/23

Nepal

Cold Wave

50

2012/12/25

India

Cold Wave29

2012/12/27

Japan

Heavy Snow101

2013/1/4

Australia

Wild Fire1002013/1/9

China

Cold Wave

2013/1/11

China

Land Slide46

2013/1/15

Indonesia

Flood

34

1,800,000

86,243,998

307,603

420,000

2013/1/20

Mozambique

Flood

55

2013/1/27

Indonesia

Land Slide16

2013/2/1

SolomonEarthquake, Tsunami

10

2013/2/6

Indonesia

Land Slide6

2013/2/17

Indonesia

Flood, Land Slide17

2013/3/20

China

Cyclone24

2013/3/22

Bangladesh

Cyclone38

169,000
95

As of 31 March 201317

3-2-2. Multilanguage Glossary on Disaster Reduction(1) Provision of Multi-language Glossary on Natural Disasters
The Multi-language Glossary on Natural Disasters was compiled through the activities of theUnited Nation’s IDNDR launched in 1990. It can be easily searched in six languages such as
Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish by choosing an input language and atarget language. To make the glossary available to a broader audience, ADRC has been providing
online translation services. Thus, the six-language glossary is now available on the ADRC
website.
The glossary contains technical terms which are hard to find in ordinary dictionaries, and canbe utilized by personnel in the disaster field to decipher technical documents related to DisasterReduction.

(2) Native Language Activities by Visiting Researchers
ADRC accepts eight visiting researchers from member countries during the year to improvecapabilities in disaster reduction administration. Since 2008, ADRC has been making“Multilanguage Dictionaries” with side by side entries into the mother language of the visiting
researcher about 1,130 basic “disaster reduction terms” based on English terms.
Side by side translation lists have already been completed by researchers from Kyrgyz(Kyrgyz and Russian), Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yemen(Arabic) by March 2013, and been offered in the format of “Multilingual Dictionaries(Tentative)” on the ADRC website separate from the “Multi-language Glossary,”. They wereintended to serve as reference materials for disaster reduction activities in member countries.

Fig.3-2-2-2 Multi-language Dictionaries for Disaster Reduction (Provisional Translation)18

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3-2-3. ADRC Newsletter: ADRC Highlights
The ADRC has been using the Internet and e-mail to share information with its counterparts inmember countries, and to strengthen relations with other interested parties. As one of its mainstay
tools for information dissemination, the ADRC has been issuing the newsletter "ADRC
Highlights" since 1 June 1999. It had been issued twice a month until FY 2007, and has been
issued once a month since FY 2008 renewing its design.
The newsletter is made publicly available on the website. It is also e-mailed in English, Russianand Japanese to ADRC's counterparts and former visiting researchers, former GLIDE visiting
researchers, participants in the past ADRC annual meetings, visitors to the ADRC, trainees inJICA's training courses which the ADRC were involved in, and participants in international
conferences the ADRC took part in. Also we register email addresses of those who wish to
subscribe the newsletter upon receipt of emails saying so.The numbers of subscribers in Japanese,
English and Russian, are 907, 2,322 and 178 respectively as of 30 March 2013.
The contents include articles on the latest ADRC activities, reports on international conferences,and other events which ADRC staff attended and gave presentations in, as well as national reports
by ADRC visiting researchers from member countries. In addition, the ADRC has been featuring
former visiting researchers from member countries on the newsletter since FY 2008 and followed
up their efforts for disaster risk reduction in their countries. This contributed to further enhancing
the network of former visiting researchers from member countries.
In order to keep good ties and communication with relevant officials in Japan and overseas, thistool has been very effective.
Table 3-2-3-1 Headlines from ADRC Highlights (FY2012)

Vol.
229

230

231

232

233

Main Articles
1. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) Project in Bhutan
2. ADRC Cooperative Project and Peer Review
Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)

forPromotingthe

1. ISDR Asian Partnership Meeting
2. Workshop on the Use of Multi-Global Navigation Satellite Systems for
Sustainable Development
3. Seminar on Disaster Risk Management in Asia: Lessons and Challenges
4. International Seminar on Disaster and Environmental Management
5. ADRC Staff Profile -Mr. Junji Moriwaki, Researcher
1. Promotion of Disaster Education in Schools in Cambodia
2. The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) Workshop
3. Asia Public Policy Forum "Disaster Management in Asia"
4. Announcements -Mr. Chandana Dinesh (Sri Lanka)
1. The 3rd Expert Group Meeting on the Great East Japan Earthquake: Applying
Lessons on Recovery from Mega Disasters to Reduce the Impacts of FutureDisasters
2. 2nd Regional Workshop of the ASEAN Cooperation Project on the Utilizationof Space-Based Technology for Disaster Risk Management
1. ISDR Asia Partnership Meeting
2. Visiting Researcher Program in FY 201219234235236237238239240

1. JICA Training Course: “Comprehensive Disaster Management for Central Asiaand Caucasus 2012”
2. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Mr. Adilet Sekimov (Kyrgyz Republic)
3. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Mr. Moneer Abdullah AL-MASNI (Yemen)
1. The 9th Sentinel Asia System Operation Training Held in Jakarta
2. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Ms. Armine Khangaldyan (Armenia)
3. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Mr. Liu Nanjiang (China)
1. The 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
2. Urban Search-and-Rescue Training in Singapore
1. ADRC Participates in 7th Integrated Workshop of the Typhoon Committee
2. 5th Sentinel Asia Joint Project Meeting (JPTM)
3. Research on the Utilization of Satellite Image in Asia-Pacific Countries
4. Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2013
1. Happy New Year 2013
2. ADRC DRR Policy Peer Review FY2012
3. Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction (ACDR) 2013 Draws to Successful
Conclusion (FLASH)
1. ACDR 2013
2. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Mr. Duni Chand Rana (India)
3. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Mr. Agustioan Rizal (Indonesia)
1. 50th Session of UN-COPUOS and 4th UN-SPIDER Regional Support
Offices (RSO) Meeting
2. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Ms. Ma Aletha Ahumada Nogra(Philippines)
3. ADRC Visiting Researcher Report -Ms. Rujira Chariyaphan (Thailand)20