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Which cities are most at risk of flooding?

Coastal Cities Are at Highest Risk of Damaging Floods. The study lists the 10 most vulnerable cities when measured as percentage of GDP as: 1) Guangzhou; 2) New Orleans; 3) Guayaquil, Ecuador; 4) Ho Chi Minh City; 5) Abidjan; 6) Zhanjing; 7) Mumbai; 8) Khulna, Bangladesh; 9) Palembang, Indonesia; and 10) Shenzen.

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Climate change, rapid urbanization and land subsidence are putting coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous and costly flooding, according to a new study calculating future urban flood losses.

Coastal Cities Are at Highest Risk of Damaging Floods. The study lists the 10 most vulnerable cities when measured as percentage of GDP as: 1) Guangzhou; 2) New Orleans; 3) Guayaquil, Ecuador; 4) Ho Chi Minh City; 5) Abidjan; 6) Zhanjing; 7) Mumbai; 8) Khulna, Bangladesh; 9) Palembang, Indonesia; and 10) Shenzen.

The government needs to build levees in these cities

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