“I’ve been living here for more than 50 years and never seen anything like that,” said Toto Bergamo Rossi, director of the cultural foundation Venetian Heritage.Though the tide Monday morning peaked lower than expected at 1. Venetian hoteliers have also seen a steep rise in the number of reservations cancelled.44 meters (Venice faces new exceptional flooding, but below peak.72 feet) , it remains above the 1. “It’s more than a month now, this is a prolonged emergency.”
Officials at the local office that monitors high tides said recent events indicate an increase in their frequency.“This is the first time in history that high waters have reached the peak of 1.40-meter mark considered exceptional.Officials at the local office that monitors high tides said recent events indicate an increase in their frequency. 12, which was the highest in more than 50 years.
The latest surge comes at a particularly inopportune time for the city as it’s still reeling from the 1.Venice’s mayor said the total damage of that swell is set to be around 1 billion euros ($1.40 meters five times in a year,@ said Alvise Papa, head of the Venice Center High Tides. (Photo: AP)Rome: The Italian lagoon city of Venice is facing the prospect of more intense floods at a time when it’s digital flow meter Factory still counting the cost of the exceptional high tide that hit it in November.1 billion), with houses, businesses and historic monuments severely hit.87-meter-high tide on Nov. “The maximum until now had been two times in a year,”end-ofTags: venice floods, global warming.