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India is the Second-Most at-risk Country among most affected by Global Warming

With a score of 9.912, India is ranked second among the countries most affected by global warming. In India, there have been 60 incidents of severe temperature events, making it the only country in the top ten to have glacial lake outbursts.

With a score of 9.720, Bangladesh is ranked third. Almost 80 percent of the 356 natural catastrophes reported were either floods or storms. These incidents affected a total of 464 million people and cost $39 billion (€35 billion) in losses.