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Returning residents drive past a swamped vehicle in Hancock County, Miss., Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Some neighborhoods flooded as Isaac continued dumping heavy rains on its slow trek northward. Some coastal businesses and roads reopened, but many people who had evacuated still couldn't make it home because of standing water in low-lying areas and along rivers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Residents of Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Pearl River counties are eligible for temporary housing aid, grants for serious disaster-related expenses not covered by insurance and low-interest disaster loans from the Small Business Administration.
Emergency food stamp aid will be available for residents in the four counties.
A disaster declaration was initially issued on Aug. 29 and included public assistance for 48 counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, which experienced damage or losses from Hurricane Isaac. Individual Assistance was added to the disaster declaration on Saturday.