Kolkata has emerged as the world’s seventh riskiest city — the only entry from India — when it comes to being under threat from all types of natural disasters.
An assessment of 616 cities around the world for their risk of earthquake, hurricanes and cyclones, storm surge, river flooding and tsunami has found 17.9 million Kolkatans face serious risk from natural disasters. When it comes to only the threat of river floods, 10.5 million Kolkatans are at risk, but the city is also fifth in terms of tsunami risk, with more than half a million people exposed. It is also threatened by hurricanes.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/natural-disaster-risk-kolkata-ranks-7th-global-city-list
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kounteya-sinha
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kolkata
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tsunami
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
