EditorialShirley Cowley, left, a Red Cross volunteer, hugs Rafaela Rendon at the Rim of the World High School, where Rendon has been staying at a shelter for residents impacted by the snow storms, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., March 9, 2023. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
EditorialShirley Cowley, left, a Red Cross volunteer, hugs Rafaela Rendon at the Rim of the World High School, where Rendon has been staying at a shelter for residents impacted by the snow storms, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., March 9, 2023. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
EditorialShirley Cowley, left, a Red Cross volunteer, hugs Rafaela Rendon at the Rim of the World High School, where Rendon has been staying at a shelter for residents impacted by the snow storms, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., March 9, 2023. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
EditorialShirley Cowley, left, a Red Cross volunteer, hugs Rafaela Rendon at the Rim of the World High School, where Rendon has been staying at a shelter for residents impacted by the snow storms, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., March 9, 2023. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
EditorialCalifornia bore the brunt on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, of what meteorologists referred to as a “bomb cyclone” and an “atmospheric river,” a convergence of storms that brought more than half a foot of rain to parts of the Bay Area, along with high winds, concerns about flash floods and the potential for heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada. (NOAA via The New York Times)
EditorialA street in without power in Austin, Texas, on Monday evening, Feb. 15, 2021, after a storm dropped several inches of snow across the city. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)