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Yet Another Threat To Venice: Rainfall
Posted 09-26-2007 at 03:21 PM by justindemetri
The fall and winter bring what is known as the Acqua Alta or extreme high tides to the city of Venice. It has been well documented that besides rising sea levels the city itself is sinking and plans have been in the works for decades to protect this jewel. However what can be done to save Venice if even the weather is conspiring against it:
A significant increase in Veneto rainfall could negate innovations like the retractable lagoon dams that are slowly being built to save Venice from the rising sea.
Water from the sky, water from the sea and all the while the beautiful buildings of Venice are slowly sinking into the marsh. Now more than ever it seems that La Serenissima is living on borrowed time.
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VENICE AWASH AFTER RECORD RAINFALL
(ANSA) - Venice, September 26 - Much of Venice was under water on Wednesday after storms unleashed record levels of
rainfall, flooding buildings and throwing transport into chaos.
An unprecedented 17.3 cm of rain fell between 3 am and 6 am, according to local environmental authority Arpav. Rain was still falling on the lagoon city and the surrounding Veneto region in the early afternoon.
Emergency services were called out repeatedly to deal with flooding in Venice's historical centre but the worst problems were in Mestre, the part of Venice on the Italian mainland.
Civil protection officials urged residents to stay at home as moving by car or bus was in any case practically
impossible with many roads covered by 40cm of water. Problems were also severe in other Veneto cities such as Treviso. In some areas of the region 10 cm of rain fell in one hour early on Wednesday morning.
(ANSA) - Venice, September 26 - Much of Venice was under water on Wednesday after storms unleashed record levels of
rainfall, flooding buildings and throwing transport into chaos.
An unprecedented 17.3 cm of rain fell between 3 am and 6 am, according to local environmental authority Arpav. Rain was still falling on the lagoon city and the surrounding Veneto region in the early afternoon.
Emergency services were called out repeatedly to deal with flooding in Venice's historical centre but the worst problems were in Mestre, the part of Venice on the Italian mainland.
Civil protection officials urged residents to stay at home as moving by car or bus was in any case practically
impossible with many roads covered by 40cm of water. Problems were also severe in other Veneto cities such as Treviso. In some areas of the region 10 cm of rain fell in one hour early on Wednesday morning.
Water from the sky, water from the sea and all the while the beautiful buildings of Venice are slowly sinking into the marsh. Now more than ever it seems that La Serenissima is living on borrowed time.
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