Seawalls collapsed, and low-lying areas were flooded.
海堤溃决,海水淹没了低洼地区。
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New seawalls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another.
新的海堤将耗资数亿英镑,只能让海浪和洋流到达沿岸远一点的地方,把问题从一个地区转移到另一个地区。
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If sea levels go up, do you build seawalls or rehouse people?