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)
EditorialRoy Vaussine, at home in Sulphur, La., May 22, 2021, who received $17,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for repairs after his home was damaged in Hurricane Laura last year — $10,000 more than was paid for a home with similar damage about a dozen miles away. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)
EditorialA man cleans debris out of a street in Sulphur, La., after Hurricane Laura swept through the region, Aug. 28, 2020. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remnants of a destroyed daycare center are strewn about in Sulphur, La., Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, after Hurricane Laura swept through the region a day earlier. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialA flooded area in Sulphur, La., after Hurricane Laura swept through the region overnight, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)