India: 5 Non-coastal districts most vulnerable to natural disaster

New research on Odisha state in India's vulnerability to floods and cyclones reveals that noncoastal districts are as much susceptible to the vagaries of nature as their coastal counterparts in the State, reports the Indian Express. Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati of Ahmedabad-based Gujarat Institute of Development Research says that Balasore, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Nuapada, Malkangiri, Kalahandi and Puri are most vulnerable to floods and cyclones given their exposure to the calamities, sensitivity and adaptive capacity or mitigation mechanism, the three parameters on which the report has calculated the vulnerability index for all 30 districts.