EditorialWorking to clear dirt near a drain culvert amid flooding on Main Street in Barre, Vt., on Tuesday morning, July 11, 2023. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialAnna Wetzel, center, helps set up for a sunset performance in Queens at a cove where a combined sewer outfall meets the East River, June 9, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)