For best speed Cugel fell away several points to the east, in the process veering closer upon the low-lying coast, while the cog pressed relentlessly down upon him.

By then, the low-lying coast near Apalachicola had already begun to flood.

The low-lying continental coast of Europe was lightly populated until c. 200 BC, when the climate and environment became more amenable to human habitation.

Soon they were flying above the cypress swamps of the low-lying coasts, and Con and Rick were intently peering at the scenery.

It rises far above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon low-lying coasts.

Up to 10 million people living along the low-lying coast and offshore islands were affected by the storm, and damages so far exceed $1.42 billion, officials said.

From the cabin window, Margo saw a low-lying coast, with a sprawling town stretched back from banana docks where white steamships were loading cargo.

Jiāngsū made much of its fortune through silk and salt, which was panned off its low-lying marshy coast.

No human power could have stopped the wall of water that washed over low-lying coasts from Indonesia to East Africa on Sunday.

It was a low-lying coast, and almost blended with the line of the sea in the distance.