A near-record acqua alta floods Venice

Sentinel-3 SRAL LAND acquired on 13 November 2019 at 09:28:35 UTC
Sentinel-3 SRAL LAND acquired on 14 November 2019 at 19:58:49 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 November 2019 at 05:19:04 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 November 2019 at 05:19:29 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Natural disaster, flood, lagoon, urban planning, precipitations, UNESCO World Heritage site, Italy, Adriatic Sea
Fig. 1 - S1 (15.11.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - A near-record acqua alta flooded Venice on 12.11.2019.
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Fig. 2 - The tide and intense precipitations caused the sea to rise 1.87m over its reference level.
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Such level had only be reached on 04.11.1966 when an acqua alta reached 1.94m.
Fig. 3 - Three days later, the water rose to an unusual level again, reaching 1.54m.
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The major of Venice was forced to close the famed Piazza San Marco; the total costs of the flood could reach hundreds of millions euros.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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