For the second time since the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, began operating, officials have had to make emergency water discharges from it to help ease the drought.

世界最大水电项目三峡大坝投运后第二次，官员不得不紧急下泄水库存水缓解旱灾。

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As the drought finally eased in March, Ministry of Water and Irrigation personnel best positioned to help ease the water-collection burden on women gathered in Karen, near Nairobi.

今年三月，旱情终于有所缓解，此时最有能力帮助减轻妇女取水负担的肯尼亚水利灌溉部工作人员齐聚内罗毕附近的卡伦地区，参加由该部组织的一次特别培训。

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The Kansas Department of Agriculture expects those conditions to continue into April, but near-record levels of snowfall will ease the problem and could accelerate the drought's end.

CNN: Wet, messy weather to hit eastern U.S.

President Obama also stressed the need for the entire Administration to continue to look at further steps it can take to ease the pain of this historic drought.

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Is the snow helping ease drought?

CNN: March 7, 2013 -- Updated 0004 GMT (0804 HKT)