diff --git a/CodingCompCSVUtil.java b/CodingCompCSVUtil.java
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+package codingcompetition2019;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class CodingCompCSVUtil {
+	public List<List<String>> readCSVFileByCountry(String fileName, String countryName) throws IOException {
+		List<List<String>> rows = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
+		
+		try {
+		Scanner file = new Scanner (new File (fileName));
+		
+		if (file.nextLine ().split(",")[0].equals ("Entity")){
+			file.nextLine ();
+		}
+		
+		while (file.hasNext()) {
+			
+			
+			String x  = file.nextLine();
+			if (x.contains(countryName)) {
+				rows.add(Arrays.asList(x.split(",")));
+			}
+			
+			
+			}
+
+		}
+		catch (FileNotFoundException e){
+			System.out.print(e);
+		}
+		
+		return rows;
+	}
+	
+	public List<List<String>> readCSVFileWithHeaders(String fileName) throws IOException {
+		List<List<String>> rows = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
+		
+		try {
+		Scanner file = new Scanner (new File (fileName));
+
+
+		while (file.hasNext()) {
+			
+			
+			rows.add(Arrays.asList(file.nextLine ().split(",")));
+			
+			}
+
+		}
+		catch (FileNotFoundException e){
+			System.out.print(e);
+		}
+
+		return rows;
+	}
+
+	
+	
+	public List<List<String>> readCSVFileWithoutHeaders(String fileName) throws IOException {
+		List<List<String>> rows = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
+		
+		try {
+		Scanner file = new Scanner (new File (fileName));
+		
+
+		file.nextLine ();
+
+		while (file.hasNext()) {
+			
+
+			rows.add(Arrays.asList(file.nextLine ().split(",")));
+			
+			}
+
+		}
+		catch (FileNotFoundException e){
+			System.out.print(e);
+		}
+
+		return rows;
+	}
+	
+	public DisasterDescription getMostImpactfulYear(List<List<String>> records) {
+		int max = 0;
+		String year = "";
+		String cat = "";
+		
+		for (List <String> x : records) {
+			int number2 = Integer.valueOf(x.get(3));
+			if(number2 > max) {
+				max = number2;
+				year = x.get(2);
+				cat = x.get(0);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+
+		return new DisasterDescription (year,cat,max);
+	}
+
+	public DisasterDescription getMostImpactfulYearByCategory(String category, List<List<String>> records) {
+		int max = 0;
+		String year = "";
+		String cat = "";
+		
+		for (List <String> x : records) {
+			if (x.contains (category)) {
+				int number2 = Integer.valueOf(x.get(3));
+				if(number2 > max) {
+					max = number2;
+					year = x.get(2);
+					cat = x.get(0);
+					}
+			}
+
+		}
+		return new DisasterDescription (year,cat,max);
+		
+	}
+
+	public DisasterDescription getMostImpactfulDisasterByYear(String year, List<List<String>> records) {
+		int max = 0;
+		String ourYear = "";
+		String cat = "";
+		
+		for (List <String> x : records) {
+			if (x.contains (year)&& !(x.contains("All natural disasters"))) {
+
+				int number2 = Integer.valueOf(x.get(3));
+				if(number2 > max) {
+					max = number2;
+					ourYear = x.get(2);
+					cat = x.get(0);
+					}
+			}
+
+		}
+		return new DisasterDescription (ourYear,cat,max);
+	}
+
+	public DisasterDescription getTotalReportedIncidentsByCategory(String category, List<List<String>> records) {
+		int total = 0;
+		String year = "0000";
+		String cat = category;
+		
+		for (List <String> x : records) {
+			if (x.contains(category)) {
+				total += Integer.valueOf(x.get(3));
+
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		return new DisasterDescription (year,cat,total);		
+
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * This method will return the count if the number of incident falls within the provided range.
+	 * To simplify the problem, we assume:
+	 * 	+ A value of -1 is provided if the max range is NOT applicable.
+	 *  + A min value can be provided, without providing a max value (which then has to be -1 like indicated above).
+	 *  + If a max value is provided, then a max value is also needed.
+	 */
+	public int countImpactfulYearsWithReportedIncidentsWithinRange(List<List<String>> records, int min, int max) {
+		// TODO implement this method
+
+		int count = 0;
+		for (List <String> list : records) {
+			if (max == -1 && Integer.valueOf (list.get(3))>=min){
+				count++;
+			}
+				
+			else if (Integer.valueOf (list.get(3))<= max && Integer.valueOf (list.get(3))>=min){
+				count++;
+			}
+		}
+		return count;
+	}
+	
+	public boolean firstRecordsHaveMoreReportedIndicents(List<List<String>> records1, List<List<String>> records2) {
+		int count1 = 0;
+		int count2 = 0;
+		for (List <String> list : records1) {
+			count1+=Integer.valueOf (list.get(3));
+		}
+		for (List <String> list : records2) {
+			count2+=Integer.valueOf (list.get(3));
+		}
+		return count1>count2;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/DisasterDescription.java b/DisasterDescription.java
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+package codingcompetition2019;
+
+public class DisasterDescription {
+	// TODO finish this class
+	private String year;
+	private String category;
+	private int IncedentNum = 0;
+	
+	public DisasterDescription(String year, String cat, int num) {
+		this.year = year;
+		this.IncedentNum = num;
+		this.category = cat;
+	}
+	
+	public String getCategory() {
+	
+		return this.category;
+		
+	}
+	public int getReportedIncidentsNum() {
+		
+		return this.IncedentNum;
+	}
+	
+	public String getYear () {
+		return this.year;
+	}
+}