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By escaping into the ocean. Those who could adapt to the water evolved to escape the destruction of the world above sea level. When the land could sustain life again the aquatic mammals migrated back onto land, evolving into land creatures. Though mind you, this took a very long time to happen, as evolution is not a very fast thing.

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