Monday, February 5, 2018

Venice's canals go dry following weeks without rain

Venice has historically had an issue of too much water inundating its canals, but that thanks to a mixture of low tides and a lack of rain, inhabitants of the sinking city are struggling to get around as transit stalls in waterways filled with not much more than mud. Unusual weather patterns have caused water levels to drop to 2.3 feet (70cm), down by nearly half the average. As a result, boats and gondolas have been left to languish in the muck, and This is not the first time that the Italian...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/venices-canals-go-dry-following-weeks-without-rain
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