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Today there is high tide in Venice, but the Mose barriers, the dam system that has been active since October after years of work and testing, have not come into operation. In fact, the process that causes them to rise is only activated when, according to weather forecasts, the tide should exceed 130 centimeters above mean sea level, and today’s forecasts estimate that it would have stopped at 125 centimeters: at 3.30 p.m. Instead, 130 centimeters. have been overcome. Piazza San Marco, which is one of the lowest points in Venice and floods when the tide exceeds 80 centimeters, and much of the historic center of the city is flooded.
Cinzia Zincone, director of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and responsible for public works at Triveneto, including Mose, explained: “We are in an experimental phase, in which it is lifted when there is a forecast of 130 centimeters: The alert is given with 48 hours in advance, to allow not only to issue navigation orders but also to summon operational teams. In fact, although in Venice there is talk of strucare the button (“Press the button”), actually the operation was born very early and you have to be prepared. Until this morning the forecasts did not reach 130, and when they changed it was out of time. It is expected that there are margins of error, but not so narrow.
Zincone also said he hopes that “we can take advantage of this experience to update procedures to adapt to situations like this, of sudden deterioration.”
Mineral 15.20…
Now I am at the Maree Center to follow the evolution of the situation.
Next maximum 145 cm at 4:40 p.m., due to anomalous wind reinforcement. The MOSE system is not active. pic.twitter.com/CjsAmu6Poe– Luigi Brugnaro (@LuigiBrugnaro) December 8, 2020
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