The city has been recognized as a "significant site" within the state's official disaster declaration, and its county of Hunterdon is one of 11 in New Jersey approved for federal aid so far.
FIve people were found dead at the Oakwood Plaza Apartments in Elizabeth in one incident while three people drowned in Hillsborough in separate incidents.
Essex, Hudson, Mercer and Union counties were added to the declaration that already included Bergen, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Passaic and Somerset.