Thursday, December 10, 2020

Venice flooded as new $8 billion dam system fails to activate

Venice — Venice's St. Mark's Square was under water on Tuesday after a newly installed system of mobile artificial dams failed to activate. Residents — long accustomed to perennial "acqua alta" or high water events — pulled on their rubber boots once more to deal with flooding that reached a high of 4.5 feet above sea level in the afternoon.

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