EditorialRemnants of a retaining wall and back patio washes into a creek by flash flooding in Highland Falls, N.Y., July 10, 2023. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman crosses Main St., after flash flooding left widespread damage to the downtown in Highland Falls, N.Y., on July 10, 2023. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople pass a canal rushing with water along Main Street after flash flooding in Highland Falls, N.Y., July 10, 2023. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialPolice officers in an active school shooter scenario at the State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany, N.Y., June 29, 2022. (Juan Arredondo/The New York Times)
EditorialA satellite image of Hurricane Orlene on Monday, Oct. 3m 2022. The storm could bring flash flooding and landslides across southwest Mexico through Tuesday, forecasters said. (NOAA via The New York Times)
EditorialPolice officers in an active school shooter scenario at the State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany, N.Y., June 29, 2022. (Juan Arredondo/The New York Times)
EditorialAlison Foster crosses a pedestrian footbridge leaving Brooklyn Bridge Park as heavy rainfall moves through the region, in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo by Laura Steele, via National Park Service, of flooding at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. (Laura Steele, via National Park Service via The New York Times)
EditorialAfter heavy rainfall in Santa Barbara County on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, emergency management authorities told residents to shelter in place and go to inner rooms or higher floors because of life-threatening flash flooding and debris flows in the Alisal Fire burn area. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)
EditorialDebris from flash flooding over the weekend is reflected in water in Waverly, Tenn. on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (Brandon Dill/The New York Times)
EditorialVehicles piled up on a riverbank Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in the wake of flash flooding near Waverly, Tenn. (Houston Cofield/The New York Times)
EditorialBirds navigate the worsening conditions as Hurricane Delta approached the Gulf Coast, in Duson, La., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
EditorialA resident sits in front of his partly collapsed Charikar, Afghanistan, home on Aug. 27, 2020, which was caused by recent flash flooding. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialSurveying the damage in Charikar in Charikar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 27, 2020, caused by recent flash flooding. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)