Melissa Yeager, 27 years old, evacuated her home on the second floor of a building in a low-lying area in Lewes, Del.

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Among those worse off was Louisiana resident Erica Campbell, whose rented home in a low-lying area of town was flooded for the second time in three years.

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Emergency generators at the plant became inoperable after a tsunami topped a seawall at the coastal facility and flooded the emergency equipment that was located in a low-lying area.

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The Jubilee Pavillion is based on the same design as that at Chesterfield and the tree lying inside the playing area is reminiscent of the giant lime at Canterbury.

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At the time the animal died the North Sea did not exist and the area was low-lying grassland connecting the British Isles to the continent.

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Florida State University researcher Jeff Chanton said the area's low-lying terrain contributes to the misery.

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The Scottish Parliament currently has no power in this area with responsibility for banning or reclassifying drugs lying with Westminster.

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"He was just lying there, the paramedics were pumping him and an ambulance had blocked off that area of the bridge, " said a passing cyclist who would only give his name as Max.

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In an isolated area of California, Tanton recalls, a woman was found with part of her face lying under some bushes.

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Winding through low-lying, lush grasslands, it serves as the main, and at times only, transportation route through the area.

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