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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070

Last updated on: July 17, 2014 17:20 IST

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Due to changing climatic conditions two Indian cities have the highest risk of submerging under water by 2070.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development studied 136 largest port cities in the world to estimate impact of coastal flooding due to storms and damage due to high winds.

Most of these largest port cities are in Asia (38 per cent), and many of them (27 per cent) are located in deltaic settings.

Let’s take a look at 20 cities that have the highest risk of submerging under water by 2070.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Asia

Image: Flood waters inundate the main street in west Jakarta.
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Jakarta

Rank: 20

Country: Indonesia

Current exposed population: 513,000

Future exposed population: 2,248,000

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Indonesia Jakarta

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Tokyo

Rank: 19

Country: Japan

Current exposed population: 1,110,000

Future exposed population: 2,521,000

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Tokyo Japan

Image: Men, automobile and rickshaws trudge through knee-deep water after heavy rain floods streets in the Bangladesh port city of Chittagong.
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Chittagong

Rank: 18

Country: Bangladesh

Current exposed population: 255,000

Future exposed population: 2,866,000

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Bangladesh

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New York-Newark

Rank: 17

Country: US

Current exposed population: 1,540,000

Future exposed population: 2,931,000

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Image: A man fishes in a boat on the Ebrie lagoon in Abidjan.
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Abidjan

Rank: 16

Country: Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Current exposed population: 16 519,000

Future exposed population: 3,110,000

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Abidjan

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Lagos

Rank: 15

Country: Nigeria

Current exposed population: 357,000

Future exposed population: 3,229,000

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Nigeria Lagos

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Ningbo

Rank: 14

Country: China

Current exposed population: 299,000

Future exposed population: 3,305,000

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China

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Khulna

Rank: 13

Country: Bangladesh

Current exposed population: 441,000

Future exposed population: 3,641,000

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Khulna Bangladesh

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Tianjin

Rank: 12

Country: China

Current exposed population: 956,000

Future exposed population: 3,790,000

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China Tianjin

Image: Youths jump into the sea to cool off on a hot day in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
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Alexandria

Rank: 11

Country: Egypt

Current exposed population: 1,330,000

Future exposed population: 4,375,000

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Alexandria Egype

Image: A Vietnamese woman fixes her bicycle tire overlooking the seaside district of Do Son in Vietnam's northern port city of Haiphong.
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Haiphong

Rank: 10

Country: Vietnam

Current exposed population: 794,000

Future exposed population: 4,711,000

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Vietnam Haiphong

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Miami

Rank: 9

Country: US

Current exposed population: 2,003,000

Future exposed population: 4,795,000

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Miami US

Image: A boy dives into the water for a bath along the bank of the Yangon river.
Photographs: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Rangoon

Rank: 8

Country: Myanmar

Current exposed population: 510,000

Future exposed population: 4,965,000

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Rangoon

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Bangkok

Rank: 7

Country: Thailand

Current exposed population: 907,000

Future exposed population: 5,138,000

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Thailand Bangkok

Image: A general view of Shanghai's financial district of Pudong is seen from the top of the Shanghai Tower.
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Shanghai

Rank: 6

Country: China

Current exposed population: 2,353,000

Future exposed population: 5,451,000

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China Shanghai

Image: A Vietnamese woman prepares to board a small ferry used to shuttle commuters across the Saigon River near the port in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Ho Chi Minh City

Rank: 5

Country: Vietnam

Current exposed population: 1,931,000

Future exposed population: 9,216,000

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Minh City Vietnam