the big easy was not spared this year. hurricane isaac making landfall near new orleans on the eve of the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. isaac made landfall as a category 1 hurricane. the slow-moving storm drenched low-lying coastal areas. here is one of the hardest hit areas, plaqueminess parish. it then moved inland innun ditting communities in inundating communities in arkansas. an eerie site over phoenix as a dust storm blows in. winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour and bringing dust and sand from the desert. 2012 also saw the birth of a superstorm. a devastating hurricane that collided with a powerful cold system from canada that slammed the northeast. sandy made landfall in south jersey in late october flooding beach communities, submerging highways and washing iconic boardwalks into the ocean. new york city s downtown
hurricane that collided with a powerful cold system from canada that slammed the northeast. sandy made landfall in south jersey late october, flooding beach communities, submerging highways and washing iconic boardwalks into the observing shun. new york city s downtown skyline fell dark. in breezy point, queens, homes went up in flames. areas of long island, staten island, filled with debris. sandy claimed at least 100 lives and changed the landscape of the jersey shore. and just a week later, another blow, when the area was blanketed by snow, sleet and rain from a nor easter. according to fema, vicious heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes and severe storms will cost this year alone more than $100 billion in repair costs. in new york, i m meteorologist, janice dean, fox news. heather: thank you, janice. right now, investigators in