The anticyclone that has been hitting for twenty days the Mediterranean region has not spared Venice which is today with dry canals.
The phenomenon is impressive and exceeds the framework of a single country. It practically affects the entire Mediterranean region, from the south and the north.
In Venice, due to low precipitation and an exceptionally long tide, the canals have become dry.
Explanations from Luigi Cavaleri, researcher at the Institute of Maritime Sciences in Venice. “Due to high atmospheric pressure, the whole Mediterranean is approximately 45 cm lower compared to the normal level”.
It is, in fact, a opposite phenomenon to “Acqua Alta” (high waters) that Venice records more frequently during the year.
In this new image of Venice with almost dry canals, residents have seen it as a source of observation of the foundations of buildings built for centuries.
Testimony of Matteo Secchi, resident of Venice. “The bass tide is an opportunity to make a ‘check-up’ of the damage that the buildings have undergone”.
Venice, capital of the Venetian region in northern Italy, occupies more than 100 small islands in an Adriatic Sea lagoon. The city does not include any roads, only channels, including the large canal, bordered by Gothic and Renaissance palaces.
