Tag: Venice

• Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  Venice off guard and under water as flood gates did not function on time

  

  Venice was underwater on Tuesday as heavy rain and strong winds pushed into the lagoon city, catching the authorities off guard before they could activate the huge flood barriers that were rolled out two months ago.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 18:27 UTC

  Venice opens for business and tourists flock to the Doge's Palace and gondolas

  

  After three months of empty squares and alleys and gondoliers stranded on dry land, Venice sprang back to life over the weekend as tourists flocked back to the city for the reopening of the Doge's Palace.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Spain authorizes Italian 1,800 world tour cruise passengers to disembark in Barcelona

  

  Hundreds of passengers from an Italian cruise ship disembarked in Barcelona on Monday after five weeks without setting foot on land because of coronavirus restrictions. Since the ship left the northern Italian city of Venice on Jan 5 for a round-the-world tour, no coronavirus case has been found onboard.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Venice, from severe flooding to almost dry canals in two months

  

  Low tides have left canals in Venice almost dry, just two months after severe flooding left much of the Italian city under water. Boats have been seen almost beached as water levels dip drastically.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Begins the recovery of Venice's Saint Mark's Basilica exposed to destructive salt water from the flooding

  

  Venice's historic Saint Mark's Basilica will need millions of Euros of restoration work after it was flooded this week for just the sixth time in 1,200 years, leaving its delicate marble mosaics exposed to destructive salt water, its curator said.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  Third tidal “tsunami” keeps Venice under water; incessant rain also threatens Pisa and Florence

  

  Venice's St Mark's Square was closed on Sunday as the historic city suffered its third major flooding in less than a week, while rain lashing the rest of Italy prompted warnings in Florence and Pisa.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  State of emergency for Venice, while tourists still enjoy the “acqua alta”

  

  Italy on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Venice after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Exceptional high tide and sewage causing untold damage in Venice

  

  Dirty water swirls around marble tombs inside the 12th-century crypt of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, which suffered untold damage when an unprecedented high tide swept through the city. Pumps work overtime to clear the seawater from around the altar and under the pink and white stone arches, as the historic monument's custodians look on in sadness and anger.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:03 UTC

  Large cruise vessels banned from Venice's historic centre

  

  Large cruise ships are to be banned from entering Venice's historic centre, the Italian government says. Ships weighing more than 1,000 tons will be rerouted away from certain waterways from September. The move follows an accident in June in which a ship collided with a dock, injuring five people.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Another serious cruise incident rattles Venice and questions large vessels' traffic in canals too close to the city

  

  A giant cruise ship very narrowly missed a yacht while being towed out of Venice late Sunday, just a month after a collision there renewed the controversy over the giant vessels. The 12-deck Costa Deliziosa, which is nearly 300 meters long and carries more than 3,800 passengers and crew, was being towed out in stormy conditions when the near-miss happened.