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Not discussed in the article, but did the dam failure add that much to the body count? Such apocalyptic rain would have meant desolation anyway...
by brohee 11y ago
Not discussed in the article, but did the dam failure add that much to the body count? Such apocalyptic rain would have meant desolation anyway...
- rrauenza 11y ago"6,000 deaths were attributed to the floodwaters, while nearly 145,000 people lost their lives because of epidemics and famine." Wow.
- brohee 11y agoThere would have been huge flooding anyway, it's pretty unclear if the dam failure added to the death toll. With one meter of rain in a few hours, very little infrastructure stood a chance anyway...