Venice Canals Run Dry as Italy Faces New Drought Alert

• It has been feared that Italy may be facing another drought after weeks of dry winter weather.
• Venice has unusually low tides, making it difficult for water taxis, gondolas, and ambulances to navigate its canals.
• Italy’s longest river is 61% smaller than normal for this time of the years

According to environmental groups and scientists, weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns about Italy’s future drought.

Venice, where flooding is the primary concern, is facing unusually low tides which are making it difficult for water taxis, water taxis, and ambulances to navigate some its most famous canals.

A combination of factors is responsible for the problems in Venice: lack of rain, high pressure, full moon, and sea currents.

The Legambiente environmental group stated Monday that Italian lakes and rivers are suffering severe water shortages. Its attention is now on the north.

It added that the Po, Italy’s longest flowing river, which runs from the Alps in northwest to the Adriatic, has 61% less water than usual at this time of the year.

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Italy declared an emergency last July in the Po region. This area accounts for around a third the country’s agricultural output and was hit by the worst drought in over 70 years.

“We are in a water deficit situation that has been building up since the winter of 2020-2021,” Daily Corriere della Sera quoted Massimiliano Pasqui, climate expert from CNR, as saying.

“We need to recover 500 millimetres in the north-western regions: we need 50 days of rain,” He concluded.

It is possible to access San Biagio, a small island on Lake Garda in northern Italy via an exposed pathway.

For 15 days, an anticyclone has been dictating weather conditions in western Europe. It brought milder temperatures than those normally experienced in the spring.

The latest weather forecasts however indicate the imminent arrival of snow and much-needed rain in the Alps.

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