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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. Tehran


 Rank: 10

Country: Iran

No of people at risk: 15.6 million Image: A general view of the shrine of Imam Khomeini.

Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

Los Angeles

Rank: 9

Country: US

No of people at risk: 16.4 million

Image: Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

Photograph: Phil McCarten/Reuters Shanghai


 
Rank: 8

Country: China

No of people at risk: 16.7 million Image: A Chinese man wearing a colourful traditional attire near a tourist shopping district in Shanghai .

Photograph: Claro Cortes/Reuters

Kolkata

Rank: 7
Country: India

No of people at risk: 17.9 million Image: A Hindu devotee prays on the bank of the Ganges river against the backdrop of Howrah Bridge.

Photograph: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters

Nagoya

Rank: 6
Country: Japan
No of people at risk: 22.9 million

Image: Nagakute area in Nagoya.
Photograph: Reuters

Jakarta

Rank: 5
Country: Indonesia
No of people at risk: 27.7 million Image: An aerial view of Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta.
Photograph: Reuters Osaka-Kobe


 Rank: 4
Country: Japan

No of people at risk: 32.1 million

Image: Osaka Castle.

Photograph: GFDL/Wikimedia Commons Pearl-River Delta


 Rank: 3
Country: China

No of people at risk: 34.5 million

Image: The pearl river.

Photograph: Daniel Berthold/Wikimedia Commons Manila

 

Rank: 2
Country: Philippines
No of people at risk: 34.6 million Image: Performers at the Aliwan festival take part in a parade in Manila.
Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters Tokyo-Yokohama


 Rank: 1
Country: Japan

No of people at risk: 57.1 million

Image: Tokyo skyline.

Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

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