Exceptionally low tides and little rain: the canals of Venice are dry and the gondolas cannot operate

Italy is again on alert for a possible emergency For drought this boreal winter. In recent weeks, scientists and environmental groups have revealed that in the region of Alps registered less than half of usual snowfall while in Venice were given abnormally low tides. Unlike the floodswhich are usually the main concerns of the city, this phenomenon has hampered mobility there, making it impossible gondolasTHE water taxis and until ambulances navigate the famous canals.

This situation arises from a series of events such as the lack of rain, the presence of an anticyclonic system, sea currents and even a full moon.

As he commented to The Guardian a spokesperson for the environmental group Legambientethe rivers -mainly in the north of Italy- undergo a serious lack of water. For example, he Afterthe longest in the country, which goes from the Alps -in the northwest- to the Adriatic, records 61% less water he usually has at this time of year, they said in a statement from the agency.

This fact is however not very surprising in the country of the boot since the last July Italy suffered its worst drought in 70 yearswhose even the authorities declared the emergency state around the Po. Nearly a third of the country’s agricultural production is carried out there.

“We are in a situation of water deficit which has been accumulating for winter 2020-2021″, alerted in dialogue with the media Corriere della Sera the weather specialist Massimiliano Pasquifrom the Italian scientific research institute CNR.

“We must recover 500 mm in the north-western regions: it takes 50 days of rain”He continued.

On the other hand, in the lake of Guardalso in the north of the country, water levels have reached historic lows therefore, those who go to the small island of St. Blaise they can do it by a path that has been exposed in the lake.

In any case, the latest weather forecasts show that the long-awaited weather precipitation there snowfall they will come in the coming days.

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