Chesapeake

Chesapeake was a city in the Chesapeake region that is now a part of the Dead Lands. When the bombs fell, earthquakes shook the city and the surrounding area, creating massive ravines. Lava bubbled to the surface, exploding out in craters, spewing out fire and smoke into the ruins of the city.

History
When the bombs started falling, panic began. Refugees from Norfolk and Virginia Beach flooded into the city, and soon riots broke out. The city was set aflame even before the nukes dropped. Earthquakes from the massive nuclear strikes in the surrounding region resulted in the city beginning to collapse in on itself. When Chesapeake was finally lit in nuclear hellfire, thousands of people were instantly disintegrated, and the earthquakes reached catastrophic levels as the landscape was torn apart. Magma burst from the earth, bathing the ruins in sheets of molten lava.

Centuries after the war, the magma has receded, instead being confined to small holes of smoldering lava. Smoke clogs the skies, and the landscape still frequently experiences dangerous earthquakes that result in a constantly shifting ruin that few dare to venture into.