And government agencies work to protect other barrier islands.

政府机构也在努力保护其他屏障岛。

The barrier island was closed off Thursday as the storm approached.

周四，由于风暴来袭，这座堰洲岛被封锁。

Up next, we're headed to the barrier islands off southeastern Georgia.

接下来，我们将前往乔治亚州东南部的堰洲岛。

But the future for pelicans is uncertain in the barrier islands.

但鹈鹕在屏障岛的未来是不确定的。

But the hihi did manage to survive on a predator-free barrier island called Te Hauturu-o-Toi.

但是hihi鸟的确成功地在没有捕食者的Te Hauturu-o-Toi堰洲岛上生存了下来。

Erosion is a natural process leading to the rise and fall of barrier islands like Raccoon Island.

侵蚀是一个自然过程，其导致了诸如浣熊岛这样的屏障岛的兴衰。

The hurricane's center struck near a protected barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers, Florida.

飓风袭击的中心地区在一个受保护的障壁岛附近，该岛位于人口稠密的佛罗里达州迈尔斯堡以西不远处。

They will face similar decisions to rebuild or not to rebuild on this wonderful, but very vulnerable barrier island.

他们将面临类似的决定——是重建还是不重建这个美丽的、但非常脆弱的堰洲岛。

One of the world’s largest barrier islands, Cape Cod has long shielded the Massachusetts mainland from the Atlantic’s grinding swells.

鳕鱼角是世界上其中一个大型堰洲岛，一直以来保护麻省大陆不受大西洋波涛起伏的影响。

You see, plants are vital to barrier islands.

你看，植物对障壁岛至关重要。