Flash-Flood Risk Lingers Across the Southwest After Rachel’s Remnants Swamped Nevada

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1. Question 1 · Single choice

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   What prompted the latest flood watches and warnings?

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   1. A forecast of snow across Nevada
   2. Severe flooding and possible additional storms
   3. The complete dissipation of Rachel’s remnants
   4. Reports that drainage systems had recovered
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   Severe flooding and possible additional storms

   The service responded to severe flooding followed by possible additional storms.

   The National Weather Service has issued more flood watches and warned that additional showers and isolated thunderstorms remain possible in the region.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

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   What does the recording say residents and travelers must do?

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   1. Leave every sparsely populated region immediately
   2. Remain alert as weather conditions develop
   3. Avoid all travel throughout the Southwest
   4. Wait until flooding is occurring everywhere
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   Remain alert as weather conditions develop

   Those within watch areas are advised to stay attentive as conditions evolve.

   Residents and travelers in areas covered by the watches will need to remain alert as the weather develops, since isolated storms can produce sharply different conditions over relatively short distances.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

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   What may additional showers do to recently flooded locations?

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   1. Restore overwhelmed drainage systems
   2. Reduce accumulated water immediately
   3. Place renewed pressure on affected areas
   4. Prevent isolated thunderstorms from forming
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   Place renewed pressure on affected areas

   They may impose renewed pressure on places already affected by flooding.

   Even after the most intense rainfall has passed, additional showers can place renewed pressure on areas that have already experienced flooding.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

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   What is the immediate concern beyond flooding already reported?

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   1. Whether further storms could worsen or spread trouble
   2. Whether Rachel will regain tropical-storm status
   3. Whether all residents will evacuate Nevada
   4. Whether developed areas will receive less rainfall
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   Whether further storms could worsen or spread trouble

   Officials are also concerned that later storms could worsen or relocate the hazard.

   The immediate concern is not only the flooding already reported, but also whether further storms could worsen conditions or create new trouble elsewhere in the Southwest.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

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   How do Rachel’s remnants differ from the original storm?

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   1. They have strengthened and become more organized.
   2. They have weakened and moved from their original structure.
   3. They have disappeared without retaining moisture.
   4. They have become predictable across local areas.
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   They have weakened and moved from their original structure.

   The remnants have weakened and lost the storm’s earlier organizational structure.

   Rachel’s remnants are the remains of a tropical storm after the system has weakened and moved away from its original structure.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

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   What does the final sentence indicate about the Southwest?

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   1. Conditions have definitively returned to normal.
   2. The region remains under monitoring for further risk.
   3. The forecast has ruled out additional precipitation.
   4. Only Nevada remains affected by the weather.
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   The region remains under monitoring for further risk.

   The region remains monitored because unsettled weather is still forecast.

   With more unsettled weather forecast across the Southwest, the region remains under close watch.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

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   Why might isolated storms require particular caution?

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   1. They always produce the same conditions across regions.
   2. They can develop unevenly among nearby communities.
   3. They occur only after drainage has fully recovered.
   4. They are limited to broad, sparsely populated regions.
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   They can develop unevenly among nearby communities.

   Their localized development makes their effects uneven and difficult to anticipate.

   Isolated thunderstorms are especially difficult to predict at a local level because they may develop in some places while nearby communities remain comparatively unaffected.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

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   What recovery problem does the recording identify?

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   1. Recovery may be complicated by later showers.
   2. Recovery is completed before later showers arrive.
   3. Recovery depends solely on tropical-storm organization.
   4. Recovery eliminates the need for further monitoring.
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   Recovery may be complicated by later showers.

   Subsequent rainfall can prolong pressure on places still dealing with earlier flooding.

   Once flooding has occurred, later showers may complicate recovery and keep vulnerable areas under pressure.

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