Harricane Katrina hits US
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-01 09:32

U.S. President George W. Bush pauses while speaking in the Rose Garden, after a meeting with members of the White House Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Recovery, in Washington August 31, 2005. Bush cut short his vacation to oversee the federal response to Hurricane Katrina ahead of an expected visit to devastated Gulf Coast areas later this week. [Reuters]