Why is Venice flooding? | ABC News
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- Опубліковано 22 лис 2019
- The mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro has said his city is "on its knees" after facing an unprecedented flooding event this month.
Water levels rose above 1.5 metres three times in a single week - it's never risen to that level even twice in a single year.
While the damage is still being assessed, there are fears there could be irreparable damage to some of Venice's historic treasures.
The famed Saint Mark's Basilica was flooded for just the sixth time in 1,200 years, but the fourth time in the last two decades.
The haunting sirens that warn Venetians of the acqua alta, or high waters, are becoming more frequent.
Mr Brugnaro has blamed climate change, saying Venice is "in the trenches" in the fight against rising tides.
But is there more to the city's woes, and can the floods ever be stopped?
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In a thousand years Venice will have the same reputation as Atlantis
"Does anybody know the way to Atlantis?" 🎶
Lol the lost city of Venice
I think it will be only about 80 years
Atlantis is fictional.
the mose works actually, and works well. sorry but Venice will still be there for a long time
We need to start drinking more water
Send it to sub-sahra countries
@@helliswar instant thinker
@@farahi3976 instant noodles
@@helliswar instant pot
BL人CK J凡CK facts
Am I the only one that appreciates how clear that flood is?
Like a pool
As a geologist, I appreciate volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis… People die in all of them. The phenomena are awe-inspiring and appreciated for what naturally powerful events they are.
But it’s bittersweet because I know that humans who take advantage of the resources that such at-risk areas provide, inevitably get killed by the very processes that help civilizations to thrive.
Yeah weirdo 🤣🤣
Feel bad for the the people living there especially for the future tourists. Venice is one of the top most visited cities in the world, this flooding caused so much problem for this lovely city.
it's because you dont have trees to absorb the water
Trees dont grow in salt-water
@@kp5602 mangroves grow in coastal regions in india as well as trees like, coconut tree and many more.. mangrove can grow in Salty waters.
@roz doreman hahha thank you if you can't comprehend the comment it's your issue.😂😂😂😂 honestly ur the one who is thinking you are over smart here not me. If there was any improvement needed in this discussion, you could have said it in better way but again your tone says you need to buy a brain from any market which will tell you to be polite to stranger. Don't know what issues you got at your personal level, no need to come and bash on some total stranger over internet while all are just trying to share knowledge and discussion. Period.😂😂😂😂
They need sponge blocks
lmao
They didn’t do a pro gamer move yet
Why? Because the city was built in a swamp supported on wooden staves, that's why!
David Scales That's simply completely wrong. 🙄
@David Scales i dont want to be rude or anything but venice hasn't been there for millions of years
@David Scales yeah
You realize the water level for the oceans is RISING right?... if it was because of its structure shit would have flooded ages ago.
To bad we have leaders that will literally bring ice into a meeting as a way to disprove global warming.
He said the water levels are rising.
Used to be a beautiful place I was there last summer I’m glad I had time to look around and enjoy it!
But Venice is on a tectonic plate that’s why it’s sinking. The tectonic plates are shifting making Venice sink.
This is just… wrong
Can you guess why its flooding? Ahhh climate change of course!!!
These people living there, certainly did a good job keeping the water this clean.
if u build a city on water, volcanoes or earthquake/tornado Valleys expect disaster to follow
Misinformed.
If u built on water water am I joke to you I don't like this meme but it suits here.
End of the world 2028 👍👍👍👍😈😈😈
If you build a city on top of water expect the water to take it back.
rich beaumont you left school in third grade right? Because if you have graduate and still saying this shit it’s not okay
Is anyone surprised though?
This was going to happen sea levels are on the rise and have been for decades.
nah has happened 6 times its happened anciently so was it environmental then? It just happens. It was built on it makes sense it would fail eventually
@@bobbyc.1111 0:57 are you illiterate 🥴
I’ve been to Venice 5 times since I absolutely love it. I’m worried for it. I hope that the Venetian Government gets its act together and fixes the issue before it’s too late!!!
That’s very inappropriate for a tourist to say the Venetian government needs to “get its act together”.
You do realise the geographical hindrance that they face. Plus it will cost around £7 billion for 100’s of steel gates to stop the water.
You’re acting like it’s a walk in the park. I’m sure they are trying to do everything they can to protect their own country and city. Stupid comment.
They should have paid the Netherlands to do the job they are experienced and Honest.
Thanks this gives me more information regarding Venice....
I'm feeling homesick for venice so i can't stop watching these documentaries .
Good thing they already have all them boats
Ah, Venice... romance, love, history - and, well, occasionally, walking through your own feces.
I was actually in Venice during this flood. Stayed at the Glorious Spartan Hotel on the Grand Canal. I really felt bad for that city. But even flooded, it was still beautiful!
it's a sight to behold indeed
Can you not make smaller versions of the device for restaurants/stores/homes?
It's sad to see
dont blame mother nature.Its a Human error😀
This is an opportunity, not a natural disaster. Make a marketing campaign and the name is "Sink with the sinking city"..Provide yellow water proof boots 50 cm long to every tourist. Serve food on restaurants and cafes with 30 cm of water on floor. Everybody walks in the city splashing water around. This will become another La Tomatina ( Spanish tomato festival ) in no time.
Es hermosa VENECIA ...me toco vivir esa experiencia en 2019 😍
No Venice is a devil god hate them
I guess when you build a city on a marsh, you might eventually have issues.
Misinformed.
You can't change Mother Nature.
you have no idea what modern technology is capable of do you
First of all I think it is brilliant that they built this city on water. It takes some risk and they managed to do that.. In the graph that showed the times venice has been flooded over the last decades it is obvious that the flooding is happening more frequently. That is quite a problem, imagine yourself living in Venice, would you leave the place that you live in where you have all your family and friends? Most people wouldn't I guess. It is terrible for the people who live there and I really hope they will find a solution to this particular problem. In The Netherlands they claimed land from the sea, but there has not been a flooding since 1953, I guess Venice can learn something from the Dutch here. How about the bigger picture? The reason that there are more and more floods cannot only be because of the winds that come from the northern africa and meet with the cold air of the medditeranean sea and inland winds from eastern europe. The is something called climate change happening. The sea levels are rising, that is a fact we cannot deny. The events happening, like this flooding in venice, we cannot deny. How long until we are gonna stand up and make a change towards climate change? I get the feeling that everyone is being so ignorant towards climate change. I think we, humans of the world, can stand up and do something against this climate change
nah, it's simply because their god can't stop crying lol
Venice was once a marshland of 118 islands in 14th and 15th century. Over the centuries, the water levels rose which is what led to the problems today.
It's been a problem, when I was a kid in 1969!
It is so sad!
Most beautiful city in the world drunched ... needs immediate steps
We need Captain Hindsight
Because it’s on water ?
IT'S SINKING
joe bama I think we can see that lol
People have nearby ports and so cluttered and undersea buildings.
Because it's a city made on water and the sea levels are rising? Next question please.
This is problem with Mumbai as well
Stop the gigantic crew ships from coming in and harboring so close to your cost!
If you put up blockers where is water to go. Water seeks its own level.
Why is when is flood eng?
Moral of story: We live on a dynamic planet, don't build your city on unstable land! The founders of New Orleans made the same mistake of building on unstable land, these city's will have to be abandoned one day.
What is not mentioned here is the is main reason for the subsidence of the city. It sits on the Adriatic tectonic plate that sinks. Global warming comes in addition and is accelerating this process now. (And pumping of ground water which he said they have stopped doing.)
Confusing but sad
There good now the Barriers past it’s first test
This situation also happened to Atlantis. I was there drinking Starbucks and eating donuts when the whole city sink.
History repeat itself. In that time government is also corrupt.
This city would never have been built where it is in modern times, it’s so foolish. I bet they also have a huge mold problem in all those buildings.
does mold grow from sea water? moreover, you will notice in the buildings that a meter of the way up the wall, in some cases, there is only stone, then you will see wall coverings. im guessing it is to make cleanup easier? this isn't anything new really, just record breaking.
It wasn't foolish for the founders of the city at the time they were escaping from there Homeland from several different defeats and found safety on the mudflat but yes it is unwise today there's a rare earth video covering this in much better detail
Music could have been little sad
What don't they simply raise the floor of these shops?
Theess was unpreesadented??
Come to karachi we have this luxury in monsoon season😂😂😂😂😂
Just wondering - what happens to the sewage from people's houses and business? Where does it go?
Guess, bubeleh!
It’s a trip to see the people working while the city is flooded
You put pile ons on wooden piers in a marsh by a ocean. What do they expect. They knew this twenty years ago and did nothing.
Who was smoking what when they decided to build a city on a marsh.
💔💔💔
Italian : We have Venice city
Indian : We have Kolkata city😂😂🤣🤣
Global Cooling? The Earth isn't spinning fast enough? The universe isn't random anymore? Gravity is still a dream?
The earth is flat and does not move. The stars Sun & Moon revolve around the earth enclosed inside the firmament. And man will never reach the bottom of the ocean. We are in the final days. Before the end of the world as we know it. You talk about stupid to build a city in a swamp. Look at Dubai UAE built on sand and man made islands. Just think about it! The tallest building in the world is built on top of a pile of sand! 🤔
Not Good! Disaster awaits! 😮😥 Don't you think?
InHisCare Always
Lol if you believe what you’re saying
Here m thinking how many phone have been spoiled cause of the water
This will be Florida before too long,
Maybe we can fix the flood if we remove the arrows? Up the buildings, move the doors?
That actually looks like a lot of fun
I think Venice people should move to a safer place and leave that place cuz life matters 🤷♀️
Mother Nature always reclaims what’s rightfully hers
Time to move folks.
And now in 2020 the flood walls have failed.......what were you saying about the corruption during construction?😂
Is venice still flooding today??
Why their floods look very artistic 😮
stop trying to dumb down the suffering of actual people
Build locks.
Does fish n other sea creatures also join u in flood
I'm not expecting a tsunami here
It was a pretty silly thing to build a city in the water anyway. Given how corrupt the Italian system is, Venice is doomed sadly.
Chi Funk dummy it was built on water. It’s not a “flooded city from the past”. Do some research.
Chi Funk 🤪
Shit, italy corruption? 7⁰economy,top in all statistic s of life style,.....Germania nazisti,UK is failed,france high micro crime. Finance of HOLAND is the most rycicy of mafias...all the country they have problems
Because they are at sea level!
You mean why its sinking?
I know. Tie helium balloons to all the buildings and pull them out of the muck.
Get the dutch to help.
Its sinking
I grow up In flood place.. And I thought only my place is u fortunate but its not 😅
I wish I lived there so i can just swim to my house
Hmm
why? because of mysterio
hahahahha yup !
We need water in south Africa. Just saying
Seems legit
ghiaccio wants to know your location
just drink the water
Big brain move down here btw thankd to u,problem with floods drop to 100%.What a genius😅
2 timothy3:1 in the latter days perilous times will come. Knowing this catastrophic events are all calling of Jesus Christ for repentance and preparation of home coming day to eternal dwelling called heaven.
AMEN!
Yes amen
Hate to ask……but are they walking in sewage too? Or do they have some above ground sewage pumps? 👎🏽
How is this not a health and safety violation having bake shop open with food literally sitting inches from water let alone the mold that has most likely developed due to these floods. Restraunts where ypur chair would be underwater. Restraunt or any other business gets flooded here in Canada its shut down until cleaned up and passed health check. The amount of mold these pour individuals breat in everyday is so sad. Sorry not a place I would have any fancy on visiting.
We can swim there
Which accent speaker is speaking in!!!
Let's see Venice is in an old muddy swamp? And sinks 1 MM per year?
Big tip. Don’t build your city on a swamp.
Misinformed.
Why not build a wall
Plant more trees
Climate change has ZERO to do with the flooding. What happened is many decades ago Venice drilled thousand of new wells to expand its port etc. What that did was suck the water from the mud the billion pilings were driven into. The pilings are sinking from the ground water table lowered which the thick drier mud shrinks. Many years ago Venice engineers came up with a plan to pump, water back into the ground to actually raise all of Venice. But there is no money In Venice gov
Location location location
Misinformed misinformed misinformed
Welcome to Venice, the Worlds biggest Waddling Pool
Why would anyone want to live threre? Its right at sea level.
They need Dutch engineers to come in and take care of the problem. Take all that wasted money by corrupt officials and build a water retaining wall around the city with a city wide pumping system.
Watta stupid question...
“2nd highest ever”.. not unprecedented then
Exactly. He says “unprecedented”...and then goes on to say that this has happened before.