This analysis summarizes the the effect of severe weather events on population health and in terms of economic impact. To this end, data from the NOAA Storm Database was analyzed, spanning from 1950 to 2011. The highest impact event by a large margin for total fatalities were tornadoes (5633 fatalities) followed by excessive heat (1903). For injuries, again tornadoes was most predominant with over 90000 injuries followed by other root cause all below 7000 injuries. The economic impact was most severe from floods (138 billion USD) followed by hurricanes/typhoons (29 billion USD) and tornados (17 billion USD).