Data Science Capstone Module 2 Milestone Report

Assignment 3 Coursera Project for Data Products

Submitted for Week 2 Assignment for the Data Products Course in Coursera

In this analysis, we explore the NOAA Storm Database to identify severe weather events that have the greatest impact on public health and the economy in the United States. We begin by downloading and processing the raw data, focusing on key variables such as event type, fatalities, injuries, and damages. After cleaning and transforming the dataset, we analyze it to determine the top 10 weather events with the highest health and economic impacts. We find that certain event types, such as tornadoes, cause the most harm to public health, while others, like hurricanes and floods, lead to significant economic losses. Our findings can help government and municipal managers better allocate resources and prioritize planning efforts for various types of severe weather events. The results are visualized with bar plots to provide a clear understanding of the relative impacts of different weather events on both population health and the economy.