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
Image: Flood waters inundate the main street in west Jakarta.Photographs: Supri/Reuters
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
Image: The reserved land for the main stadium of the 2016 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games is seen from a helicopter.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
Image: Men, automobile and rickshaws trudge through knee-deep water after heavy rain floods streets in the Bangladesh port city of Chittagong.Photographs: Reuters
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
Image: Kids enjoy the fountain at Washington Square during a warm day in New York.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
Image: A man fishes in a boat on the Ebrie lagoon in Abidjan.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
Image: Women sell food from their canoe at Makoko fishing community in Lagos.Photographs: Reuters
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
Photographs: Tanweer/Wikimedia Commons
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
Image: A general view of centre Tianjin taken from Tianjin World Financial Center,Photographs: Reuters
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
Image: Youths jump into the sea to cool off on a hot day in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.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
Image: A Vietnamese woman fixes her bicycle tire overlooking the seaside district of Do Son in Vietnam's northern port city of Haiphong.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
Photographs: Reuters
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
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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2 Indian cities can submerge under water by 2070
Image: Thai oarsmen row a royal barge during a dress rehearsal for Royal Barge Procession, on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.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
Image: A general view of Shanghai's financial district of Pudong is seen from the top of the Shanghai Tower.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
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.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
Image: Pollutants cloud the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.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
Photographs: Reuters
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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