Aqua alta: now Venice is in danger. / myLot

Chile

November 15, 2019 7:16pm CST

After a huge fire this year in April that destroyed a great part of Notre Dame de Paris, we are again watching in shock how another pieces of beauty created by mankind could be about to succumb. Now it is water and wind. And Venice is under sea level. At some time, people will blame others and tears will be shed. Now we just have to wait. Let us hope this beautiful city is spared.

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65302)

• Cainta, Philippines

16 Nov 19

High water, yeah, I saw the news last night about the flooding of Venice.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

16 Nov 19

Parts of the city ate over 1 and a half meter under sea level.

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65302)

• Cainta, Philippines

16 Nov 19

@marguicha it's a terrible flood that ruined the city.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

16 Nov 19

@Alexandoy Yes.

And it is getting worse by the minute.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381987)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Nov 19

It's been on our news too. Such a sad thing to have happening.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

16 Nov 19

I hope there is not much ruin.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502345)

• Italy

16 Jan 20

@MALUSE So true, it seems that all what Venetians want is money. They have always been greedy, I remember how much I paid for a coffee in Piazza San Marco.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381987)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Nov 19

@marguicha There seems so little they can do about it. They can't sandbag the city.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502345)

• Italy

16 Nov 19

Venice always had the problem of acqua alta and it is very common, even at this height id did not happen from a couple of decades. Most of Italy is under water, but Venice is more famous so this is the city that is in the news.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

16 Nov 19

From what I heard in the news, the authorities had not done some repairs needed so that this year´s height did not cause too much damage.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502345)

• Italy

16 Nov 19

@marguicha YES, as usual, the same that happened in 1966, when also my grandparents got more than 2 meters of water in their home in Modena. The Italian authorities never move a finger to do repairs and then they complain when "natural disasters" happen.