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In Venice, Italy, there was a large-scale flood due to errors in the calculation of the amount of precipitation.
The MOSE moving walkway system, designed to protect the city from flooding, which flooded much of the city, was not activated, reports Ansa.
Cinzia Zincone, head of the local public works department, said “We are trying to calibrate the opening and closing (MOSE) optimally.” He indicated that on Wednesday, December 9, a meeting will be held to “review what happened yesterday (December 8) and, if necessary, make significant changes in the procedures that have been applied so far for the MOSE.”
Note that according to the forecast, the water level should not have risen above 120 cm, and at 130 cm it is already necessary to activate the dam. However, on the morning of December 8, the water level reached 137 cm, but it was too late to open the locks.
The water flooded the Piazza San Marco, the lowest part of the city. The merchants had to block the entrances with wooden panels to prevent the entry of water.
Zinkone added that the flood barriers will remain in operation for three days as more floods are forecast.
Let us remember that part of the territory of Italy due to storms with heavy rains or snow covered with floods. As of December 8, around 11 deaths are preliminarily known.
As OBOZREVATEL reported, in 2019 in Venice on Christmas Eve, the water level rose 144 cm above normal and the city was flooded.
