"The greatest loss in the city of San Francisco was principally the result of the fire, which was rendered uncontrollable owing to the wrecking of the water-supply system by the earthquake," said one ...

The great fires of America, tragic and horrific in their devastation, also cast the way our nation’s cities are shaped and ...

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked the southwestern part of Japan has triggered a tsunami advisory for the entire country ...