EditorialPeople salvage items from homes nearly engulfed by still smoldering lava on the morning of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano?s fresh eruption in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2021. (FInbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople walk past a disabled car as floodwaters recede after the remnants of Hurricane Ida and its torrential rains tore through the area, in Manville, N.J., Sept. 3, 2021.(Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialMud covers the street in downtown Millburn, N.J., after floodwaters recede on Thursday morning, Sept. 2, 2021. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialA hiker enjoys a view of Somes Sound from Parkman Mountain in Acadia National Park, near Bar Harbor, Maine, July 8, 2014. (Sara Fox/The New York Times)