Venice Flood Barrier Works Underway

Dikes to prevent Venice flooding will be placed in the three main canals connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Venice lagoon.

Some 40 years after an abnormal high tide flooded the city and made 5,000 people homeless, the massive marine construction project to protect Venice in Italy is now underway. The Modello Sperimentale Elettromeccanico (MOSE) project involves a system of moveable, automatically operated dikes being placed at the entrance of the ...

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