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Flood in Venice (photo: twitter.com/mistryofficial)
Venice sank because the MOSE moving walkway system, which is designed to protect the Italian city from flooding, was not activated in time.
The system was not activated on Tuesday, December 8, as it was predicted that the peak of the tide would not be as strong as it turned out. Reported by Ansa.
Flood in Venice (photo: twitter.com/mistryofficial)
It takes some time to activate the MOSE system, and when authorities realized that their predictions on Tuesday were not coming true, it was too late.
Flood in Venice (photo: twitter.com/mistryofficial)
Cinzia Zincone, head of the local public works department, said the team is trying to optimize the opening and closing of the mobile gateway system.
Flood in Venice (photo: twitter.com/mistryofficial)
After several corruption scandals and years of delays, the system finally went live this year, but it was not ready in time to stop the floods that devastated the city in 2019.
Flood in Venice (photo: twitter.com/G_I_A_M_P_Y)
The first tests of the MOSE system took place in 2019. For the first time, the system was fully used on October 4, 2020. At the same time, the system will be fully completed in 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPffCwY6qKY
Flood in Venice (video: YouTube)
Recall that a storm in Kirillovka flooded dozens of hotels and destroyed the embankment. The ocean waves rose up to 2 meters and the wind gusts reached 30 meters per second.
Previously, the Philippines was covered by a powerful typhoon, after which more than 300 houses were buried under volcanic rocks and mud streams.
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