(ANSA) - VENICE, 08 DEC - The high tide in Venice stopped before the feared + 145 centimeters, reaching a maximum of 138 centimeters in mid-afternoon. The Centro tide del Comunes emphasizes that for some time the strong wind has not allowed the altitude to 'stabilize'. Now the water is slowly going down. The gates of the Mose were not activated today. The progressive worsening of weather conditions has thus plunged Venice into the nightmare of high water. Today, Mose was not defending them, which had the lagoon city 5 times since October, albeit in an emergency phase. Yesterday the Tide Center had issued a maximum of less than 125 cm, on the basis of which the procedure for activating the barriers had not been started. Only in the late morning of today did the situation precipitate and the forecast was updated to 135cm. Too late to set in motion the organizational machine of the Mose, which requires a state of alert 48 hours before. (HANDLE).
Venice: tide reaches a peak of 138 centimeters
2020-12-08T18:18:15.576Z
It stopped before the feared +145 centimeters high tide in Venice, reaching a maximum of 138 centimeters, in mid-afternoon. The Tide Center of the Municipality underlines that for some time the strong wind has not allowed the altitude to 'stabilize'. (HANDLE)
