First the Kashmir floods and then cyclone Hudhud in Visakhapatnam; India recently witnessed the fury of nature. But this is nothing. According to a recent research, Kolkata can see even bigger natural calamity, where about 1.8 crore lives can get affected.
And it’s not just India alone, Swiss Re, an insurance company, has come up with list of cities that can witness a large scale natural disaster. Let’s look at them.
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Tehran
Rank: 10
Country: Iran
No of people at risk: 15.6 million
Los Angeles
Rank: 9
Country: US
No of people at risk: 16.4 million
Shanghai
Rank: 8
Country: China
No of people at risk: 16.7 million
Kolkata
Rank: 7
Country: India
No of people at risk: 17.9 million
Nagoya
Rank: 6
Country: Japan
No of people at risk: 22.9 million
Jakarta
Rank: 5
Country: Indonesia
No of people at risk: 27.7 million
Osaka-Kobe
Rank: 4
Country: Japan
No of people at risk: 32.1 million
Pearl-River Delta
Rank: 3
Country: China
No of people at risk: 34.5 million
Manila
Rank: 2
Country: Philippines
No of people at risk: 34.6 million
Tokyo-Yokohama
Rank: 1
Country: Japan
No of people at risk: 57.1 million
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