Conjunctive Adverb Sentence Combining

Hi Everyone!!! For this exercise I am supposed to complete we are supposed to combine sentences using conjunctive adverbs in the second clause and it is kind of sad but i'm terrible with adverbs, especially conjunctive ones and combining sentences as a whole a would really appreciate some help! thanks a lot!!

1. The winter vegetable crops were devastated by flooding.  Prices of lettuce went sky high

2. The city has established several new homeless shelters this year.  Hundreds of the homeless still sleep in the parks.

Just need some ideas of a combined sentence, thank you in advance!!!

Here's a starter:

http://grammar.uoregon.edu/conjunctions/conjunctive.html

And:

Conjunctive Adverbs

You can use a conjunctive adverb to join two clauses together. Some of the most common conjunctive adverbs are "also," "consequently," "finally," "furthermore," "hence," "however," "incidentally," "indeed," "instead," "likewise," "meanwhile," "nevertheless," "next," "nonetheless," "otherwise," "still," "then," "therefore," and "thus." A conjunctive adverb is not strong enough to join two independent clauses without the aid of a semicolon.

The highlighted words in the following sentences are conjunctive adverbs:

The government has cut university budgets; consequently, class sizes have been increased. He did not have all the ingredients the recipe called for; therefore, he decided to make something else. The report recommended several changes to the ways the corporation accounted for donations; furthermore, it suggested that a new auditor be appointed immediately. The crowd waited patiently for three hours; finally, the doors to the stadium were opened. Batman and Robin fruitlessly searched the building; indeed, the Joker had escaped through a secret door in the basement.

http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/adverbs.html