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Sinking Cities

Fifteen cities this dataset flags ‘Severe’ or ‘Extremely High’ for coastal flood risk, from megacities like Jakarta and Shanghai down to smaller ports like Semarang. A risk tier, not a forecast of when or whether any one of them floods.

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Urban Dossier

Clues 1/6

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Mean Annual Temp
27.3°C
Annual PM2.5UnhealthyBottom 25% of 255
37µg/m³
Unhealthy (Sensitive)
Cryptic Clue

Dutch colonists once ran their entire East Indies trading empire from a fortified port here they named after an ancient Germanic tribe, laying out canals modeled on Amsterdam's own. Centuries later, this city is sinking so fast from groundwater extraction that the country began building an entirely new capital hundreds of kilometres away on another island to eventually replace it.

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Climate Baseline & Air Quality

Annual Rainfall
1,805mm/yr
ElevationSea-Level LowlandBottom 10% of 255
8m
Peak Smog Season
Dry season (Jun-Sep) traffic emissions and occasional transboundary peatland fire haze
12-Month Annual Cycle
Baseline Temp (°C) Rain (mm)
31°0°327mm0mmJFMAMJJASOND