The November 1912 front page of the now defunct Washington Herald showing an article of a deadly storm that hit the Visayas particularly the provinces of Leyte and Capiz, reappeared online.
"15,000 die in Philippine storm," the headline said.
The catastrophic destruction brought by the storm that took place on November 26, 1912 seemed to have repeated itself 101 years after. Yolanda or known internationally as Haiyan, made its landfall and heavily destroyed, among others, the same provinces on November 8, 2013.
The aftermath of the 1912 storm was described in the article similar to those areas heavily affected by super typhoon Yolanda.
"All telegraphic communication has been destroyed, and it is impossible to get other than vague reports of the extent of the disaster. That Tacloban has suffered an enormous loss of life is believed to be certain," it said.
It also described the relief operations carried during the time with truckloads of food, medical supplies and other basic necessities of the victims.
The newspaper is among many others archived the US Library of Congress' National Endowment for the Humanities website that published other accounts of the catastrophe.
"History repeats itself," an old adage that seems to have not lost its meaning yet.
