He told The Associated Press that officials have estimated that hundreds of thousands, possibly even millions, of mussels have died in the Clinch River.

他在接受美联社采访时表示，一些工组人员估测，上万只贻贝甚至上百万只贻贝在克林奇河中死亡。

Five years ago on December 22, that pond burst its walls, drowning more than a square kilometer of land and killing portions of the Emory and Clinch rivers.

而在5年前的12月22日，这个池塘原先的围墙倒塌、淹没了超过了一平方公里的土地并毒害了附近埃默里和柯林奇两条河流里的动植物。