Grisly search for dead in New Orleans as Bush arrives in shattered region

The grim harvest of bloated bodies continued unabated in New Orleans as President George W. Bush began a fresh tour of the region devastated two weeks ago by Hurricane Katrina.

Under attack for his handling of the crisis, Bush was to make his third tour of the storm-battered Gulf Coast, where hundreds of thousands have been made homeless and an unknown number lie dead in the streets and their flooded homes.