Three years ago when Hurricane Katrina hit web video and live streaming was relatively unheard of. YouTube only launched in 2005 and slower internet speeds made live streaming more difficult.
Now when natural disasters strike web video is playing a more important role in spreading the latest up to date news and information to the public.
This has been clearly demonstrated with Hurricane Gustav with searches for online video footage and live webcams hitting a high according to Google Trends.
Both mainstream news networks are having the latest Hurricane Gustav videos posted online with a roundup of Hurricane Gustav news videos here.
Live Web Cam Streams
In addition both news networks, weather organizations and the general public are streaming live video via webcams from inside the disaster area.
Some of the webcams are left in abandoned and dangerous areas giving people across the world an insight into the disaster areas.
Here is a full roundup of the Hurricane Gustav Web Cams Online.
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