We were, however, worried about our nearest neighbours, whose farm was low lying and who were newcomers to the district.

不过，我们很为我们的近邻担心。他们的农场地势低洼，而且他们又新来乍到。

Other homes in the Houston area flooded because they sit in low lying areas.

休斯顿地区的其他房屋因位于低洼地区而被淹。

It's not a place that we think of as being flat or low lying.

这不是我们认为的平坦或低洼的地方。

And it looked like as - especially where the low lying areas were, that people kind of heeded that call in those low-lying areas.

看起来，特别是在低洼地区，人们似乎注意到了低洼地区的这种呼声。

Atolls so low lying that in weather events the water on either side of it can flow together and join at the narrowest points.

环礁地势如此之低，以至于在天气事件中，其两侧的水可以一起流动并在最狭窄的地方汇合。

But as the surface eventually cooled, this water vapour condensed and settled upon the crust, pooling in lower lying areas to form  the oceans.

但随着地表最终冷却，这些水蒸气凝结并沉淀在地壳上，汇集在较低的区域形成海洋。

While extremely high winds are expected, the main fear is a surge in sea water levels and the damage that could bring to these low lying communities when it comes ashore.

虽然预计有狂风来袭，但是人们主要担心的是海平面急剧上升在飓风登陆时会对地势低的社区造成破坏。

Obviously on, on days like today where we've got sort of low lying mist and fog, the helicopter's gonna struggle to sort of get there and get up there.

显然，在像今天这样的日子里，我们有一些低洼的薄雾和大雾，直升机将很难到达那里并升到那里。