The shocking images of Venice without water | the Chronicle

Venice, the city characterized by its streets of water, has almost dried up. This is due to a tidal phenomenon. The drop in the water level left some canals empty which led many cable cars to abandon their activity and that the postcards of an impressive tourist site no longer look like they used to be.

The city in northern Italy, which was once hard hit by the drop in tourism by the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, is now also impacted by the bottom of the waters.

This is not the first time this has happened and it has also suffered the opposite: flooding. In January of last year, after an exceptional high tide that hit Venice, almost two months later, the canals were affected by the climatic phenomenon says “dry Befana“, The “Droughts in Befana“, something happening near every January 6, when in Italy it is celebrated “the witch“.

According to data from Venice Tide Report and Forecast Center, published by Sputnik News, from February 24 the water levels are “below normal values“, which are usually between 50 and 79 centimeters, but over the past two weeks the tides have almost made the water disappear.

The phenomenon of low water contrasts with the the other high suffered by Venice in 2019, where there was severe flooding when the water has reached about 166 centimeters. A figure that had not happened half a century ago, when at that time it reached 187 centimeters in height.

Images of Venice without water