Discover how the innovative MOSE system is protecting Venice from rising sea levels and high tides. This video gives an ...

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - A long-delayed flood barrier successfully protected Venice from a high tide for the first time on Saturday, bringing relief and smiles to the lagoon city following years of ...

Discover why Venice—a magnificent city built on wooden foundations in a shallow lagoon—is facing an unprecedented existential ...

Regular high tides in Venice, Italy, have flooded the city for centuries. Now, MOSE, a system of 78 hinged steel floodgates along the seafloor, is offering protection, but experts question whether it ...

ROME (AP) — Venice has conducted a trial run of an ambitious anti-flood system of 78 inflatable barriers in hopes of protecting the lagoon city from devastating high tides. Premier Giuseppe Conte on ...

A small islet in Venice that used to only pop up during the summer months due to high tides can now be enjoyed year-round thanks to the city’s flood barriers. Venetians have long enjoyed this secret ...

Venice is sinking. Could flood barriers be the answer? Venice is sinking, with sea level predicted to rise another 40 inches by the end of the century. Could a colossal network of flood barriers save ...

VENICE, Italy, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Venice deployed its long-delayed flood barriers for the first time on Saturday as forecasters warned that storms could combine with high tides to inundate the city.

Bacan is located off the shores of Venice offering a plot of land 820 feet wide and 33 feet long. The tiny strip of sand used to only emerge from the city’s lagoon in the summer when the waters ...

Venice’s lagoon has welcomed a new island despite worries about the city sinking over the next century (Getty Images) A small islet in Venice that used to only pop up during the summer months due to ...