With the worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years, this beautiful and historic Italian city is drowning by water that reached 1.87 metres above average sea level! Imagine that amount of water in your town or city!!! But what I don’t understand is that after the historic 1966 flood, project “Mose” (yes like the Biblical hero Moses), involving the construction of offshore barriers, was commissioned to prevent this sort of massive flooding. What happened to project Mose? It was supposed to have been finished by 2010! Has it itself drowned? My heart goes out to the people and the many small businesses that are hurting badly because of this catastrophe!
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Que hermoso lugar es Venecia amigo @AdamGT , tuve la oportunidad de conocer esa ciudad hace unos años y me resulto muy misteriosa hehe lamentablemente el agua sube y algunas cosas se van perdiendo 
Espero que no se pierda ese patrimonio cultural 
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So sad to hear the situation… my dear friend @AdamGT ,
India also saw many unprecedented FLOODS in the past two years… with huge casualties…
Many projects Like Mose, get stopped…
At the end, the public suffers…
We pray for the safety…
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Hi @AdamGT and thanks for opening this post!
I wanted to do it myself, but I notice that this dramatic news is known all over the world.
Unfortunately, the problem of high water in Venice is a known and frequent problem, but it has rarely reached these levels and unfortunately for tonight there are other full ones. I live not far from Venice, less an hour by train, and even in my city like others in the Po Valley since yesterday we are in early warning Orange (Red is the most serious). For tonight a full flood is also planned in my city of Vicenza and the Civil Protection is this morning that it is preparing everything to limit the damage.
As for the MOSE, this famous barrier / dam that should protect Venice, here you have the demonstration of how much corruption, economic and political interests are involved and in the end we spend a good 6 billion euros !!! for something that has never been tested and therefore we don’t even know if it will work!
There is so much anger and despair among the citizens, among those who live there and they also have a commercial activity and now they are on their knees! And the worst is not over yet!
This whole tide certainly is not good for all its monuments and homes,
it is really putting a strain on this jewel of a city unique in the world, my dear Venice …
So sad!
Thanks again for this post Adam and thank @TravellerG , we all pray that these misfortunes will not happen all over the world!
David
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That’s a timely alert @AdamGT
With increasing global warming and rising sea level as a consequence of that, the problem is going to become much more severe.
It is not only the Venice, but many other places would be facing that predicament!
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Namskar…
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Ohh, History may heart felt sometimes, You mentioned about many small businesses are hurting badly because of this catastrophe,
we also feel for them, god bless all…
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It’s quite unfortunate that nothing meaningful has been done till this day. Waiting for another flood disaster to occur and then the hysteria will be over the roof. Venice is a unique city that need to be preserve at all cost. @AdamGT thanks posting this info.
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Yes Venice is a beautiful place and like you I hope that the cultural heritage is not lost. But sadly, the city’s major public plaza, St Mark’s Square, which is one of Venice’s most popular tourist attractions and home to several historic landmarks, including St Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace, was one of the worst-hit areas of the city. This plaza is one of the lowest parts of the city and was hit by some of the worst flooding. Pumps were deployed to drain water from the Basilica and its 12th-century crypt and now there are fears of structural damage to its columns. Other historic places also show severe interior flooding like the Gritti Palace, built in 1475 and situated along the Grand Canal. But as well as churches and hotels, the flooding has damaged many residential homes, restaurant and shops. Apparently, more than 80% of the city was under water when tides hit their highest!
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Yes with such major floods, not only is there property damage but we must pray for safety of the local people @TravellerG
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Yes this dramatic news is certainly now known all over the world @davidhyno . As a major world tourist destination, I felt compelled to post about this in Connect Local Stories. If you live not far from Venice then you will know better than most how serious the current flooding is. I share your sadness and disappointment about MOSE. So much money spent for very little return so far other than for the corrupt whose pockets have been lined while the citizens are left on their knees.
My prayers are going your way @davidhyno that you don’t move into the Red Warning!
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Yes it is more than just Venice @C_T For example, I heard that rain lashed the rest of Italy and warnings were also issued in Florence and Pisa.
Yes many small businesses are suffering from the flooding @Shrut19 and also because now many tourists will cancel their planned visit to this beautiful city.
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A valid point @Emmik20 , often in situations like this we wait for a catastrophe before action is taken. Sadly, in the case of Venice, while after the catastrophe (major flooding) in 1966 it was decided to build sea barriers (project Mose), after decades, it’s still just an unfinished project and so Venice and its people suffer from the current catastrophe.
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Hi @AdamGT ,
You are right, it is very sad to see one of the most beautiful cities in the world suffering this way. Fortunately, today the situation is improving a lot and the water level is rapidly decreasing. There is still a lot to do to recover and the damages have been enormous but people’s generosity and support from all over Italy have helped a lot. It seems you are very touched by this catastrophe, have you ever been there? I visited it 10 years ago, it was like walking in a dream.
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Ohh, So Sad…
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Hi @MoniV
Yes the situation is improving which is great but Venice remains vulnerable and there is a lot of work ahead for the Venetians, businesses, shop owners, hotels, churches, museums and the many historical sites to recover from the flood damage and save this Italian tourist hotspot. I hope that the authorities will prioritize finishing MOSE (retractable barriers) which remains incomplete decades after the 1996 catastrophic flooding. Yes I am very touched by this catastrophe. My ancestors originated from Italy and I’ve been to Venice many times, most recently in 2017 and again in 2018.
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We really feel sorry & pray for the safety of all …
Nature sometimes behave very rudely… humans cannot do any thing.
We are eagerly waiting for your updates; kindly do not forget to tag me, pls
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Thank you for starting this post @AdamGT , and thanks to @MoniV for confirming that the situation is getting better. A bit better, I can confirm, and fortunately on my family they didn’t had damages.
My dream for this year was not to have the same situation of last year, when on the the Alps 18 millions of trees fallen down in five minutes, but it was just a dream.
With the climate change, we will have to expect an increase of this kind of situations.
Next weekend we will have an internal meetup. Our guests renounced to visit Venice, as more high tide is expected.
If possible, next week I will go to check the status of the beaches.
Again, coming back home after Connect Live, was reserving some bad surprise
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@AdamGT How is it possible before visiting me this one of my favorite city Drowned I hope and It will never drowned till the judgment day
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