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For more information about The Hurricane Archive or use of any newspaper images on the site, contact Stephen Carr
Research Specialist
scarr@newspaperarchive.com
319.390.9442 x40
Press Releases
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For Immediate Release
May 24, 2006
TheHurricaneArchive.com details Mother
Nature's most powerful disasters
Read more than 50,000 articles about the storms that rocked the nation and the lasting effects on their survivors.
TheHurricaneArchive.com, a free archive sponsored by NewspaperARCHIVE.com, contains more than 50,000 full-image newspaper pages that provide personal accounts from those affected by some of history's most devastating hurricanes. From the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, newspapers tell the stories of these storms and their survivors. The archive contains newspaper coverage from the most memorable hurricanes, including Carol, Donna, Camille, David, Hugo, Michael and Katrina.
"Today, we remember Hurricane Katrina, the costliest hurricane in US history, but Mother Nature has produced numerous other hurricanes that have devastated our coastlines," said Greg Hollingsworth, researcher for TheHurricaneArchive.com. "And because the intensity of these storms appears to be increasing, our battle with nature is far from over."
In addition to searching the archive, TheHurricaneArchive.com provides users with a timeline of major hurricanes from the year 1900 to today. The timeline is detailed with newspaper headlines from the numerous storms that have ravaged America, such as Hurricanes Carol, David, Hugo and Katrina. The archive also tells the history of hurricanes, dating back to the first reported hurricane in 1494 when Christopher Columbus visited the Americas for the second time.
"Hurricanes have been affecting the United States since colonial times," said Ashley Martin, Communications Specialist for NewspaperARCHIVE.com. "They cause significant damage almost every year and have shaped the lives of millions of people in this country."
With Adobe Reader and Optical Character Recognition technology, students and researchers can quickly obtain articles about hurricanes by searching with key words or dates. For example, by searching for "Galveston," users can browse more than 16,000 newspaper pages that describe the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in US history, killing between 8,000 and 12,000 people.
TheHurricaneArchive.com is just one of more than 20 free archives provided by NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Other related sites include EarthquakeArchive.com and TornadoArchive.com. Historic newspapers in each of the websites can be viewed through a recently improved browser that uses Adobe Reader.
Researchers interested in finding more information about hurricanes can also go to NewspaperARCHIVE.com where there are currently more than 34 million newspaper pages online with one new newspaper page added every second. Heritage Microfilm of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, launched NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, in 1999.
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