BANGKOK, 8 JUNE 2024. On 4-8 June 2024, the AHA Centre held the Training on Crisis Communication and Social Media Utilisation for Disaster Management in Bangkok, Thailand. Through the training, 34 participants from the ASEAN Member States, Timor-Leste, ASEAN Secretariat and AHA Centre learned to identify crises & strategies to handle them, leverage social media…
BANGKOK, 4 JUNE 2024. The AHA Centre and Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) of Thailand collaborated to organise the One ASEAN One Response Roadshow in Bangkok on 4 June 2024, supported by the European Union through the Integrated Programme in Enhancing the Capacity of AHA Centre and ASEAN Emergency Response Mechanisms (EU-SAHA). The…
Download PDF REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the twenty-second week of 2024, the ASEAN region experienced 21 disasters, including floods, landslides, storms, wind-related disasters, and drought. Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam were reportedly affected by these disasters. According to the Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) of Indonesia, floods and landslides occurred in South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, West…
As I look back on the last 6 months of my life as a Knowledge and Change Management Intern at the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management, I reflect not just on the opportunities and lessons I have gained through this internship, but that of life in a foreign land. My name…
Download PDF FLASH UPDATE #2 – Tropical Cyclone EWINIAR (AGHON) Country under monitoring: Philippines OVERVIEW: Tropical Depression AGHON has intensified into a Typhoon with international name EWINIAR, and equivalent to Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale (PAGASA, DMRS). According to PAGASA Tropical Cyclone Bulletin No. 27, the center of the eye of Typhoon…