This rise leads to more flooding ... Artesian wells were used to get fresh water in Venice. But, they made the city sink.

Venice's latest “acqua alta”, or high water, hit 150cm on Sunday, lower than Tuesday's 187cm - the highest level in half a century - but still dangerous. “The water has stopped rising ...

Venice has been fighting against rising water since the fifth century. But now, it seems like the water is winning. Many things, both natural and man-made, make Venice flood about 100 times a year.

Other possible explanations for the phenomenon include the sea floor rising as a result of incoming ... of Infrastructure and Transport - Venice Water Authority. Construction began simultaneously ...

Neither land nor water ... oars dipping and rising, banners pulled taut by wind—is to see that beauty, difficult and bruised, survives. As does romance. What is Venice—so seductive, so ...

VENICE, Fla. (WFLA ... way valve in one of our storm water outflow pipes to make sure that the water cannot rise up and backflow into that pipe and also flood the intersection,” said ...

The iconic city of Venice is gradually subsiding ... Virginia Beach confronts the dual threat of rising water levels and sinking land, potentially experiencing up to nearly 12 feet of sea-level ...