WAVELAND, Miss. – After days of whipping wind and heavy rain, life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is slowly returning to normal as residents return home and begin cleaning up from Hurricane Isaac.
Flooding continued Friday on rivers in south Mississippi. On the Jourdan River in Kiln, several feet of swiftly moving water surrounded houses built on stilts.
At one house, several people tried to secure a floating pier. A car nearby was submerged.
Further south, on Twin Lake, where people anchor their boats during storms, several men tried to free a grounded yacht. A house boat was demolished.
Along the bay in Hancock County, people were cleaning up debris left by receding water and boats had washed into several residents’ yards.