{"id":5733,"date":"2023-02-22T05:41:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T10:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2023-02-22T05:41:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T10:41:51","slug":"grounded-gondolas-venice-canals-dry-up-amid-italy-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/grounded-gondolas-venice-canals-dry-up-amid-italy-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounded gondolas: Venice canals dry up amid Italy drought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grounded gondolas and dry canals have sapped the romantic energy out of\u00a0Venice<\/a>, disappointing tourists in one of\u00a0Italy<\/a>\u2018s most visited cities.<\/p>

\"AA general view of a dry canal for low tide on February 16, 2023, in Venice, Italy .\u00a0Getty Images<\/sup><\/p>

by\u00a0Sarah Do Couto<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Global News<\/strong> – Weeks of\u00a0dry winter weather<\/a>\u00a0and no rain have turned Venice\u2019s iconic waterways into muddy pits; the water levels in some canals are so low that gondolas and other water-based vehicles like taxis and ambulances cannot travel.<\/p>

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A general view of a dry canal for low tide on February 16, 2023, in Venice, Italy.\u00a0Getty Images<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>

A series of images coming out of the Italian city on Friday showed barely-there streams of water pooling around dozens of boats alongside the uncovered foundation of several buildings.<\/p>

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A general view of a dry canal for low tide on February 16, 2023, in Venice, Italy.\u00a0Getty Images<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Though flooding is normally a primary concern in the \u201cfloating city,\u201d environmental experts have pointed to a lack of rain, a lingering high-pressure weather system and low tide as reasons for the emptied canals.<\/p>

Venice is not the only area in Italy that is running dry. The environmental group Legambiente said Italian lakes and rivers are \u201cin distress<\/a>\u201d as a result of a drought in the country. They claim that the Alps saw 53 per cent less snow than is typically average for the mountain range. Simultaneously, the Po, Italy\u2019s longest river, saw a water deficit of 61 per cent this year.STORY CONTINUES BELOW ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>

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The low tide today in Venice has reached -62 centimetres above mean sea level, causing problems to the navigation on February 06, 2023, in Venice, Italy.\u00a0Getty Images<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Last July, Italy declared a state of emergency for areas surrounding the Po \u2014 which accounts for roughly a third of the country\u2019s agricultural production \u2014 and suffered its worst drought for 70 years.<\/p>

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Grounded gondolas and dry canals have sapped the romantic energy out of\u00a0Venice, disappointing tourists in one of\u00a0Italy\u2018s most visited cities. A general view of a dry canal for low tide…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1176,1175],"class_list":{"0":"post-5733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-grounded-gondolas","9":"tag-venice-canals-dried-up"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t