Venice deployed its long-delayed flood barriers for the first time on Saturday as forecasters warned that storms could combine with high tides to inundate the city.
Italian authorities on Monday ordered the cull of some 20,000 turkeys, after an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza was confirmed in a farm in the northeast of the country.
Two earthquakes have struck central Italy - the second registering at a magnitude of 6.1 - in the same region struck in August by a devastating quake that killed nearly 300 people.
Friday was a hard day for northern Italy, where many cities woke up
covered in snow and had to cope with major traffic disruption and severe
inconvenience for the population...
ROME (AP) — Italy has moved ahead with plans to block big cruise
ships from sailing past Venice's historic center, authorizing an
environmental study for an alternate route that it hopes will still
satisfy the city's key tourism industry.
Cruise ships currently
can pass within 300 meters (1,000 feet) of Venice's iconic St. Mark's
Square, granting a stunning view to those aboard but presenting a
jarring sight against the backdrop of Venice's Byzantine architecture.
Residents,
activists and environmentalists have long opposed cruise ship traffic
in Venice.
The city of Venice is investing billions in a new flood defence system to protect against sea level rises
(CNN) -- Sea-levels are rising unevenly around the
world, with Pacific countries in particular suffering significant
increases over the past two decades, according to accurate new satellite
data.
On average, global
sea-levels have been rising at about three millimeters (mm) a year,
however, this masks large differences between regions of the world.