hurricaneisaac making landfall near new orleans on the eve of the seventhanniversary of hurricane kaarina. isaac made landfall as a slow moving storm drrnched low some of theehardest hit areas- plaquemines parish. inundating communities innd, arkansas as it passed. an eerie ight n the ssies overrphoenixx . as a massive dust storm... called a haboob, up to 40 miles per hour bringing dusttand sand from thh esert. twenty-twelve also saw the bbrth of a super--torm--a &pdevastating hurricane that collided with a powerful cold pystem from canada-ttat slammed the northeast. sandy made llndfall in south jersey- in late october, flooding beach communittes,, suumerginn highways, and pashing iconicboardwalks into york cityys downtown skyllne in breezy point, queens.. homes went p in ffamee. areeasof loog island, staten isllnd, filled with claimed at least 100 lives and channed thelandssape of the latera"a& anothhr blowa"aa& - when the area was lanketed by snow, sleet,and rain from a nor'easter.on cam tagaccording to fema, viscious heat avs, wildfires, huuriianes, and sevvre storms will cost this yea