Heavy Rain Raises Reservoir Water
The same storms also caused dangerous flooding.
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In this lesson: Identify the measured change and the storms’ effects.
Grammar in this story: Help make a problem less severe
helped ease
Helped ease means contributed to reducing the drought problem; it does not mean ended it completely.
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Describe one benefit and one harm.
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The storms helped ease short-term drought, but they also flooded streets and damaged homes and other property.
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