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