> Nobody is going to drown. Well, they probably won't drown by the millions, but sea level rise contributes to coastal flooding in extreme weather events, such

> Nobody is going to drown. Well, they probably won't drown by the millions, but sea level rise contributes to coastal flooding in extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and typhoons, and most people who die in those events die due to flooding. So it is not a stretch to stay that thousands of people--perhaps tens or even hundreds of thousands--could actually be drowned by rising sea levels.