But in town, where corals had died from overfishing, from pollution, the tropical storm picked up the dead corals and used them as bludgeons to kill the corals that were left.
Ma in paese, sovrappesca  e inquinamento avevano rimosso i coralli, e la tempesta tropicale  prese i coralli morti e li usò come randello  per uccidere i coralli rimasti.