This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Schools closed, a city council meeting was canceled. But it also is the Italian acronym for Experimental Electromechanical Modules.The movable flood gates are attached by hinges to cement blocks on the seabed along three openings from the sea into the lagoon. Residents and tourists navigated streets in waist-high waters. Moveable flood gates rise from the sea in the Venice lagoon on Friday. Amy Kellogg reports on how the tourism industry is changing in the city amid COVID-19.The 78 bright yellow barriers of project Moses finally rose from the The project, which was inaugurated in 2003 and was supposed to be finished by 2011, has been mired in corruption. Venice’s historic flooding blamed on human failure and climate changeAmazon’s Echo Studio speaker includes a free Echo Show 5 and Philips Hue bulbAll for the lowest price we’ve seen the Studio sell forSave on Genki’s Covert Dock, preowned games, and more this weekendAlso, this is your last chance to save $250 on the OnePlus 7 ProGoogle Nest and Eero’s mesh Wi-Fi systems are steeply discountedIt’s a good time to buy if you want to bulk up your home connectionYou can get the upgraded OnePlus 7 Pro for $450 right nowThis model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage usually costs $699HP’s latest 15-inch Omen gaming laptop is $300 off at Best BuyIt packs in a six-core processor, the RTX 2060, a 300Hz refresh rate display, and more Environmentalists in small boats near the test site of a trial run of the anti-flood system wave protest banners as police speed boats head their way. But having grown up in Venice and survived the historic 1966 flood when she was in high school, she says, “I just trust the resilience of the city to survive.” In the November flood, the tide surged to 6.5 feet.Water levels have reached 6.14 feet in Venice, Italy, the second-highest level ever recorded in the city. The project’s name, Moses, recalls the biblical figure who, as told in the Old Testament, parted the waters of the Red Sea. Venice has spent more than $6 billion on a flood-barrier system nicknamed MOSE (a reference to the biblical story of Moses’ parting of the sea). But that might not be enough. Environmentalists worry that it could harm the lagoon’s ecosystems. Sign up for the Floodwaters pushed boats ashore and swept through buildings, swiping groceries off shelves and knocking library books into murky pools. The project that broke ground in 2003 and initially had a 2011 deadline, would have provided protection from tides up to 10 feet tall. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. Thanks to shifting tectonic plates below and water pumped out of the ground for industrial use in the middle of the century, Venice sank almost five inches between 1950 and 1970, and it continues to subside by about Venetians are acutely aware of these looming threats, and that’s why there’s frustration among scientists, policymakers, engineers, and advocates over why it wasn’t better able to prevent this week’s destruction. After high-tide danger ceases, sea water is pumped into the gates to make them heavy so they can be lowered.Despite Friday’s trial run, the project is estimated to be fully operational only in 2021, although Premier Giuseppe Conte expressed hope it could be ready by this autumn. (AP/LaPresse) (AP/LaPresse) But it’s over budget, behind schedule, and beleaguered with a corruption scandal. How the city navigates these issues moving forward could decide its future. All market data delayed 20 minutes. Former mayor Giorgio Orsoni The flood barrier system has been controversial for other reasons. On Friday, some of them rode in small boats near the test site and waved protest banners, while police in speedboats cut swift paths among the protesters' boats as tensions flared.The protesters contend that because the world's sea levels are rising in general, the movable barrier system will become obsolete as the Adriatic Sea's level eventually rises to the point that waters will be higher than what the barriers were designed to hold back.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Venice is under serious threat due to the rise in sea level and sinking of land at an alarming rate.

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