EditorialPollution mitigation efforts on Sulphur Run, a creek that flows through the town in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 14, 2023. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialA crew works to clean the water in Sulphur Run, a creek that cuts through East Palestine, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialEfforts to mitigate chemical runoff from a train derailment in Sulphur Run, a stream that runs through downtown East Palestine, Ohio., Feb. 13, 2023. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialCaution tape stretches across Sulphur Run, a creek that flows through downtown East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 14, 2023. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialConnie Fontenot-Cune moved into a FEMA trailer outside the city, away from her family, after the hurricane damaged her apartment. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)