Thursday, November 21, 2019

WORLD_ The Wall That Would Save Venice From Drowning Is Underwater

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Venice's flooded St. Mark's Square on Sunday. Sergio Agazzi/IPA/Zuma


WORLD  -  EUROPE


The Wall That Would Save Venice From Drowning Is Underwater

When floods arrived this month, a project to block out the sea wasn’t ready, slowed by corruption and bureaucracy


By Margherita Stancati and Eric Sylvers
Updated Nov. 21, 2019 10:11 am ET

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VENICE, Italy—As the water rose, Alessandro Ferro made a desperate effort to prevent a devastating flood on the islands of the Venetian Lagoon.

The mayor of the lagoon town of Chioggia asked for the first-ever use of submersible steel floodgates that had been built for billions of euros to block out the sea. But he could find no one willing and authorized to raise the barriers.

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