Millions of tourists flock to Venice every year and the city is overrun with cruise ships and their passengers.

The glass barriers should help with flood protection. VENICE, Fla. - The City of Venice is getting a new design of its seawall and glass barrier. It's a fix from Hurricane Idalia in 2023, and the city ...

Venice Keeps Flooding. Here’s How an Engineer Would Solve It. Venice spent about $6 billion on a mobile floodgate system that can block high tides from inundating the city.

Venice sits on a lagoon, which is basically a shallow body of water, and it’s held up by a lot of strong tree trunks. This setup puts the city at risk of flooding when the tides get high ...

Over 85 percent of the city is flooded, according to authorities, and St Mark's Square — one of the lowest areas in Venice — is one of the worst hit zones. The historic St Mark's basilica is ...

03/24/2025 March 24, 2025 Venice’s MOSE flood barrier has protected the city for five years – and so far, it’s working. But as climate change increases its use, what impact will this ...

The system of 78 flood gates, known as Mose, guard the entrance to the Venetian lagoon and are designed to protect the city from tides of up to 3m. Venice was underwater on Tuesday as heavy rain ...

The seawall along Tarpon Center Drive in Venice was badly damaged during Hurricane Idalia in 2023, and even more so following the back-to-back hurricanes last year.

"MOSE [the flood barriers under construction ... My battle is for the city. Because Venice"—his voice softens, he touches his chest—"is my heart." Tourism has been part of the Venetian ...

It's Carnival, and Venice is flooding. To celebrate Carnival, Venetians and visitors from all over the world don elaborate costumes and masks and attend celebrations all over the Italian city.

The image of a beautiful romantic city was shattered on 4 November 1966, when torrential rain devastated the north of Italy and flooded both Venice and Florence on a scale never seen before. The ...