[Grammar] The tsunami washed over 11 countries and killed more than 225,000 people

[Son Ho]

Good afternoon, everyone. Could you please help me to check the sentence? Could I replace which made with making? which stands for the first whole sentence. Thanks in advance.

1. The tsunami washed over 11 countries and killed more than 225,000 people from Indonesia to Thailand, which made it one of the biggest natural disasters in history.

 

[Rover_KE]

[STRIKE]Good afternoon, everyone[/STRIKE]. Unnecessary – it's only afternoon in certain time zones.

Could you please help me to check the sentence? Could I replace which made with making? Yes

The tsunami devastated 11 countries and killed more than 225,000 people from Indonesia to Thailand, which made it one of the biggest natural disasters in history.

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'Washed over' is far too feeble a verb to describe the destruction caused by a tsunami.

 

[Tdol]

Indonesia and Thailand were hit badly by the tsunami, but it reached Somalia, so your choice of countries doesn't reflect the full geographical extent of it.

 

[Son Ho]

Could we reduce which made when it prefers to the whole sentence? I would like to ask this question because I only know that we can reduce a relative pronoun which prefers to a noun. ( in Practical English Usage by Michael Swan)

 

[Tdol]

You could reduce it to making.

 

[jutfrank]

Your version with which made is okay, but the sentence is better with making, as suggested by Tdol above.