Corpses collected as crew clean up debris

Forensic workers and body-sniffing dogs searched New Orleans in earnest for corpses as crews cleared away mounds of rubbish and debris left behind by residents fleeing Hurricane Katrina.

Officials working to identify remains processed bodies around the clock at a field morgue set up in St Gabriel, a small community between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A chain-link fence covered in black plastic hid the operation from onlookers.