Low Tides and Trash Nearly Paralyze Venice
<i> Reuters</i>
VENICE, Italy —
This beautiful Italian canal city, under threat for centuries from high sea tides, was virtually paralyzed Friday when many waterways were reduced to muddy streams, strewn with stinking garbage.
A week of low tides and a winter drought forced the closure of many of the 200 canals.
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