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CGD: Twenty cities most vulnerable to storm surges, sea level rise

1 Oct 2009, IRIN

A new climate change report from development think-tank CGD lists 20 cities where the greatest number of people will be at the greatest risk from sea level rise and storm surges in the developing world...


Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 0
Drought 539,592
Flood 8,601
Landslide 546
 
Earthquake 316
Tsunami 0
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1989 1,900,000
Drought 1985 500,000
Flood 2004 331,700
Drought 1997 105,000
Flood 1989 100,000
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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