My family lives in a heavily-trafficked part of Brooklyn, and most nights you’ll hear the occasional whine of fire engine sirens through our living room window. But the torrent of sirens early on the ...

Severe thunderstorms, fires, sweltering heat disrupted major Fourth of July celebrations of Donald Trump, Will Smith, Christina Aguilera and The Roots.

Numerous wildfires erupted in the central and northern regions of California on Tuesday during an outbreak of thunderstorms and dry lightning that some meteorologists had warned would spark new fires ...

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PESHTIGO, Wis. — On the same night the Great Chicago Fire captured national headlines, an even deadlier disaster unfolded hundreds of miles to the north. In October 1871, the small lumber town of ...

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