towns built on a delta mud flat - That is to be expected that they would be erased.
I assume that those that lived here were mostly fishermen who usually know enough about the sea to get far away from an approaching storm. Unlike others.
Not sure if this is the same area, but there were reports last week than quite a few of the shrimp fishermen were lost out on their boats, they had tried to sit out the storm and save their boats out on the water.
....towns built on a delta mud flat - That is to be expected that they would be erased.....
Think Bangladesh