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Mumbai is unprepared for future deluges, with a booming population and increasing frequency of heavy rain days, according to studies. Over 35% of the city's population lives within 250 meters of chronic flooding hotspots, while less than half have access to flood shelters. The intensity of monsoon rainfall in Mumbai is intensifying, and the city is also experiencing land subsidence. Recent analyses have found that certain areas of Mumbai are at risk of submergence due to sea-level rise. Around 998 buildings and 24km of road length will be affected by potential sea-level rise by 2050. | Mumbai news
“The Sea Is Swallowing Us Whole”: How Sinking Land, Rising Sea Level Threaten Semarang Laborers. To read this report in bahasa Indonesia, click here. Tidal floods continue to surround Semarang due to land subsidence, worsened by sea level rise. It was just another one fine day in late May 2022...
According to a new study, Manila and various other coastal Asian cities are sinking faster compared to the rate of sea-level increase. This study urges the severe regulatory measure to decrease groundwater extraction, determined as a significant cause of land subsidence.