- Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new study says.
- Vietnam’s most-populous urban center and main business hub, Ho Chi Minh City, was sinking an average of 16.2 millimeters annually, topping the study’s survey of satellite data from 48 large coastal cities around the world.
- The southern Bangladeshi port of Chittagong was second on the list, with the western Indian city Ahmedabad, Indonesian capital Jakarta and Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon also sinking more than 20 millimeters in peak years.
Asian coastal cities sinking fast: study
