These cities will sink by 2050

A new analysis of coastal cities has revealed that one in 50 people living in two dozen coastal cities in the US could experience significant flooding by 2050.

As global warming triggers the melting of glaciers and more water is pummeled into the oceans, several coastal cities are at risk of sinking or being submerged in several parts of the world including India.

A new analysis of coastal cities has revealed that one in 50 people living in two dozen coastal cities in the US could experience significant flooding by 2050.

24 of the 32 coastal cities in the US are currently sinking more than 2 millimetres per year and half of those cities have areas sinking more than global seas are rising.

The cities include Boston, New York City, Jersey City, Atlantic City, Virginia Beach, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami, Naples, Mobile, Biloxi, New Orleans, Slidell, Lake Charles, Port Arthur, Texas City, Galveston, Freeport, Corpus Christi, Richmond, Oakland, San Francisco, South San Francisco, Foster City, Santa Cruz, Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, San Diego.

The study projects that in the next three decades, as many as 500,000 people could be affected as well as a potential 1 in 35 privately owned properties damaged by flooding. Analysis revealed that between 500 and 700 more square miles of land could be flooded, and 1,76,000 to 5,18,000 more people could be affected by the sea level rise.