As climate change causes sea levels in Venice — and across the planet — to inch higher, scientists say catastrophic floods could become more severe and more frequent.
exacerbated by the gravitational effects of the full moon and strong, 62-mph winds that whipped up a higher-than-expected storm surge. On Tuesday, water levels reached 6 feet 2 inches — the highest in 53 years and just 2 inches shy of matching the record of 6 feet 4 inches that was set in November 1966., and water levels remained high for the rest of the week.
Since the record-setting 1966 flood, sea levels in Venice have risen more than 5 inches. And according to a, sea levels around the world could rise by 1 meter, or more than 3 feet, by the end of the century. Beginning in the 1950s, Italy underwent a period of rapid industrial development, during which the government pumped enormous amounts of groundwater from beneath the lagoon city.
“All the images and movies that were posted were very scary,” she said. “In 1966, it was difficult to follow what happened, but this time, social media was a very powerful way to spread information around.”
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