[Yardstick]

the article is about how the flood managed to kill 100,000 or more people the other day. i don’t see how the saltiness of the water would’ve been a factor in that.

u dig?

[RobbyS]

If they were dependent on local supplies of fresh water, then these would inundated. The land will be spoiled.

[wafflehouse]

i suppose you are correct.

"It was Asia's answer to Hurricane Katrina—though with a reported 100,000 killed, it was many times more deadly."

how do you suppose it could be 'many times more deadly'?