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