Ireland's Storms: Climate Change's Price Tag

0:00It's March 31st. This is Europe News Today, powered by AI, your European briefing. I'm Cory with the story. Storm L1 just became Ireland's priciest storm insurance hit ever, with claims topping 301 million euros. A fresh report from the Climate Change Advisory Council lays it out clear, these wild weather events are hitting more often, and the country's not. Ready for the ride? The report dives into 2025's chaos, spotlighting storm shongers floods in the east and southeast back in late January. It ties this to a warming, climate drier summers, brutal downpours, fiercer winds, 2025 ranked as the second hottest year on record, and six of the 10 sages autumn's happened since 2001. Folks are feeling the squeeze hard, insured losses jack up everyone's premiums, but the uninsured, that burden lands on taxpayers when the state steps in. Prof Peter Thorn from the Council's adaptation team says storms like

1:00Eowin and Chandra are just the start, without big fixes. New analysis shows climate change, double the odds of storm Claudias, November rains, and cranked intensity up 12% beyond pre-industrial. Levels. Ireland's hook too deep on fossil fuels, especially with recent oil spikes from global tensions. Time to flip the script. Gov needs to pump cash into tougher infrastructure. Shift to renewables and quit green lighting homes on floodplains. This ain't random. It's our mission-spiting back, so let's build that resilience before the next one drops.