The 1.5km (one-mile) Mose system of yellow dams was a "powerful project that has taken years to complete", said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Venice was hit by the worst floods in half a century ...

Since then, scientists and engineers have been trying to figure out how to stop Venice from sinking further. One big project ...

A mile long network of barriers in Venice has successfully stopped flooding for the first time by holding back the sea's incoming tide. The Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico (MOSE) is made up ...

Planning for flood-prevention systems in Venice stretches back to the 1980s. In 2003, construction of the MOSE system began.

And never since 1972 has Venice seen three floods above 140 cm in the same year, let alone the same week, including Wednesday's 144 cm event. The first real practical tests of MOSE, Venice's new ...

Venice, December 31 - Bribes paid by the former head of the consortium responsible for finishing and running the MOSE ('Moses') system of dams to protect Venice, Giovanni Mazzacurati, cost the ...

In 2003, Italy began building a massive flood barrier designed to isolate the Venetian Lagoon, the enclosed bay where Venice is located. The project, known as Mose, is one of the largest civil ...

Venice was underwater on Tuesday as heavy rain ... The system of 78 flood gates, known as Mose, guard the entrance to the Venetian lagoon and are designed to protect the city from tides of up ...

Parts of Venice have been left under water by record ... scandals and delays. The so-called Mose project - a series of large barriers or floodgates that would be raised from the seabed to shut ...

Engineers had promised that Mose would save the day, but sceptics questioned whether the system, plagued by corruption, cost overruns and prolonged delays, would be up to the task. Venice’s ...

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Moses Small joined ABC 10 News as a Multimedia Journalist in 2022. He was born in Birmingham, Ala. and raised in Portland, Maine. He's elated to spend time in San Diego and learn more about the ...