The Oakland fire department rushed to the scene of the Cypress Freeway, after the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake hits. They were greeted by a catastrophe of collapsed ...
The shaking only lasted 15 seconds, but it changed the region forever. More Loma Prieta Coverage Thirty years ago today — on Oct. 17, 1989 — a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on the San Andreas fault in the ...
The Cypress Street Viaduct in Oakland, California, collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake, claiming 42 lives and injuring many others. This catastrophe became one of the most devastating ...
The 1989 San Francisco earthquake delivered a myriad of deadly disasters, all unfolding at the same time: from a collapsed freeway to deadly fires in the city's ...
When the earthquake struck, the Cypress Viaduct split and collapsed on itself—trapping drivers with no way out and turning a freeway into a tomb of steel and concrete FBI warns of 3-phase scam that is ...