The climate crisis caused devastation in five Member States in recent weeks.
EnvironmentEuropean Union
- Omissions
- The claim does not specify which five Member States were affected
- Sources confirm multiple Member States were hit by severe storms in early 2026, but the exact count of 'five' is not explicitly verified in official sources
- The most relevant source (xprimm.com) is a secondary insurance industry publication rather than an official EU source
- Sources
- PrimaryJoint Research Centre - 2025 was EU's most destructive wildfire season on record2,242,195 hectares burnt across EU territories in 2025, with 1,092,095 hectares destroyed in EU Member States - the most destructive wildfire season on record
- SecondaryMilliman - Extreme weather events in Europe 2025Heatwaves, drought, and extensive wildfires destroyed nearly 700,000 hectares across Europe in 2025, with storms affecting multiple countries
- SecondaryXPRIMM - Winter weather and flooding cause losses across Europe in early January 2026Europe was hit by severe winter weather and flooding in early January 2026, as an Arctic cold wave combined with intense rainfall episodes caused losses across multiple countries
- SecondaryDW - Southern Europe takes another extreme weather batteringPowerful storms swept across Portugal, Spain and Italy, damaging key infrastructure and straining emergency services