Photographs: Ana Martinez
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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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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Jakarta
Rank: 20
Country: Indonesia
Current exposed population: 513,000
Future exposed population: 2,248,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Tokyo
Rank: 19
Country: Japan
Current exposed population: 1,110,000
Future exposed population: 2,521,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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Chittagong
Rank: 18
Country: Bangladesh
Current exposed population: 255,000
Future exposed population: 2,866,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
New York-Newark
Rank: 17
Country: US
Current exposed population: 1,540,000
Future exposed population: 2,931,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Luc Gnago/Reuters
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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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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Lagos
Rank: 15
Country: Nigeria
Current exposed population: 357,000
Future exposed population: 3,229,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Jiong Sheng/Wikimedia Commons
Ningbo
Rank: 14
Country: China
Current exposed population: 299,000
Future exposed population: 3,305,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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Khulna
Rank: 13
Country: Bangladesh
Current exposed population: 441,000
Future exposed population: 3,641,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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Tianjin
Rank: 12
Country: China
Current exposed population: 956,000
Future exposed population: 3,790,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
Alexandria
Rank: 11
Country: Egypt
Current exposed population: 1,330,000
Future exposed population: 4,375,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Reuters
Haiphong
Rank: 10
Country: Vietnam
Current exposed population: 794,000
Future exposed population: 4,711,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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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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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
Bangkok
Rank: 7
Country: Thailand
Current exposed population: 907,000
Future exposed population: 5,138,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Shanghai
Rank: 6
Country: China
Current exposed population: 2,353,000
Future exposed population: 5,451,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Darren Whiteside/Reuters
Ho Chi Minh City
Rank: 5
Country: Vietnam
Current exposed population: 1,931,000
Future exposed population: 9,216,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Reuters
Guangzhou
Rank: 4
Country: China
Current exposed population: 2,718,000
Future exposed population: 10,333,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
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Dhaka
Rank: 3
Country: Bangladesh
Current exposed population: 844,000
Future exposed population: 11,135,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
Mumbai
Rank: 2
Country: India
Current exposed population: 2,787,000
Future exposed population: 11,418,000
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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
Kolkata
Rank: 1
Country: India
Current exposed population: 1,929,000
Future exposed population: 14,014,000
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