Hurricane Katrina News Directory Powered by Google News

With over 376,000 articles on Hurricane Katrina currently online and only 31 of them offering safety tips, SafetyIssues.com has created an Internet portal that uses Google News technology to continually sort Katrina news in order to help multi-sector

(I-Newswire) September 15, 2005 - SafetyIssues.com has launched a model news portal that focuses only on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in order to provide the deepest possible coverage of the social, economic, political, cultural, health and emergency preparedness aspects of America's most serious natural disaster.

The Hurricane Katrina News Directory, located at http://www.safetyissues.org/katrina/ features an initial 15 news feeds that provide readers with one-click access to specialized news and information.

Google news syndication technology is used to cluster stories according to topics such as national and world perspectives, safety & health issues, business, technology, the entertainment and sports worlds, and each of the Gulf Coast states. Latest institutional press releases are also included.

The news and media search engine is designed to support group problem-solving and multi-sector crisis management initiatives. Intended audiences include disaster victims, community leaders, relief organizations, individuals and businesses who wish to lend support, and those studying and analyzing the events before, during and after the hurricane.

The Hurricane Katrina News Directory consists of the following feeds:

http://www.safetyissues.org/katrina/index.php

A similar Safety Issues news portal is in the works for Hurricane Ophelia on the East Coast.

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Contact: John Simmons, Chief Technology Officer
703-992-6689

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