Friday, 23 September 2016

[www.keralites.net] 10 Cities Most Threatened By Natural Disasters!

 

10 Cities Most Threatened By Natural Disasters!

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.

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

Rank: 9


Country: US


No of people at risk: 16.4 million

Image: Universal Studios in Los Angeles.


Photograph: Phil McCarten/Reuters

 

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

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

Rank: 6


Country: Japan


No of people at risk: 22.9 million

Image: Nagakute area in Nagoya.


Photograph: Reuters

 

 

 

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

Rank: 4


Country: Japan


No of people at risk: 32.1 million

Image: Osaka Castle.


Photograph: GFDL/Wikimedia Commons

Rank: 3


Country: China


No of people at risk: 34.5 million

Image: The pearl river.


Photograph: Daniel Berthold/Wikimedia Commons

 

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

Rank: 1


Country: Japan

No of people at risk: 57.1 million


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