Venice-strange weather events.

Strange weather events have always been in the world ,but also in Venice .
Have to remember some rare and unexpected events for a city with a typical climate of the Po Valley, with minimum winter temperatures on average of 1 ° C, a transition between the Mediterranean and the continental climate.
Considered “normal phenomenon” in Venice are the tides, the highest in 1966.
http://dipoco.altervista.org/venice-the-highest-tide/

Strange weather events – frozen lagoon,
In Venice the frozen lagoon is not a weather event that occurs often. The salt water does not freeze at 0 degrees, but at a lower temperature. Furthermore the tidal current moving the water back and forward  preventing  the frost.

At January 17, 1929, there were about ten days with almost uninterrupted snowfall.
On February 4,on the Karst Plateau there were -14 ° C, the lowest temperature of the last 32 years. All the rivers and alpine lakes frozen. Even in Venice, the minimum dropped to -9.2 °C, quite exceptional minimal temperature.

February 5, 1929.

At Padua the temperature fell to -16.3 °C, a temperature that no one remembers
on the past. The other cities of the Veneto region have touched very low values​​; Venice -10 °C.The city is hit by an extraordinary ice. The snow from the next few days increases the layer of ice .With all the lagoon frozen , Venice becomes a spectacle. The thickness of the ice allows men to walk on the lagoon.

“In the year 1929 , the Liberty Bridge didn’t exist yet ,and the people crossing the lagoon walking on ice to get to the mainland. You could walk from the Foundamenta Nuove to the new cemetery, or from the island of Torcello to Venice.”

More recently, the cold wave hit Italy in January 1985 .Was one of the most rigid winter
from 1951 . Because of the influx of cold masses coming directly from the polar regions,
in many places fell to 10 degrees, and also below zero. Then came the snow, and more exactly what many Italians consider the “snow of the century.” For 72 hours, fell between 70 and 90 cm of snow (30 cm on Venice). The minimum temperature -9 ° C had almost totally freeze the lagoon.
In 2012, the more open areas freeze, till the inner channels of Venice and the Grand Canal,to the astonishment not only of the Venetians as well as the tourists who are coming to the party. The carnival of that year was spoiled because of the very rigid temperatures.
Strange weather events – tornado

A realy strange weather event was of September 11, 1970, a tornado killer.
Starting from the Euganean Hills ,passing through Padua, Abano Terme and Selvazzano Dentro and heading towards Venice,70 km away.
Arriving in Venice fully invested a speedboat near the island of St. Helena. 21 people died. At 21.45 struck Camping Ca ‘Savio where there were about 300 people, destroyed 80 tents, and razed to the ground 57 bungalows.
The tornado stopped in Cavallino village ,dissolving itself. Caused around 36 casualties, 500 injured and damage more than 5 billion italian lire. (1 euro=1936.27 lire)
The tornado of September 1970 was one of the most violent phenomenon that ever struck Italy.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=484677

June 12, 2012 part of the Lagoon of Venice was destroyed by another tornado. That time hit the Islands of St. Erasmus and St. Helena.
The gusts of wind (estimated at over 120 km / h) create damage to old buildings (roof of the public transportation venice ticket office ).
The tornado swept away thirty-four rowboats. Many fallen trees. Some people have been
blocked by falling branches, but were not seriously injured. In some parts of the city the boat navigation was blocked.
Other strange events that hit Venice in history have been earthquakes:

The most severe earthquake in Venice was in 1093 that “wrinkled the bell tower of San Angelo and let behind death and famine.”

The Villach earthquake of 1348, the eleventh grade Richter, he did ruin many bell towers in Venice. Another aspect concerns the advent of the waves of the seaquake: The Grand Canal remained dry ,and “you can see the bottom,while the water poured now on one side, now on the other.”

In the following centuries seems to see a decrease in the intensity of earthquakes until the nineteenth century that was marked by “seismic calm” in the Venice area .
From August to the end of November 1997 a seismic swarm, usually with Richter Magnitude less than 3, has affected the northern part of the Province of Venice.
In the early morning, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, the Centre and North of Italy were upset by a new earthquake.

The epicenter of the earthquake, has been in the Po Valley , and more precisely in the province of Modena (between the towns of Medolla, Mirandola and Cavezzo ).
The quake was felt few seconds after 9 am, and had a magnitude of 5.8 degrees.

In Venice, the earthquake caused the collapse of a statue, close to falling on a woman, at Papadopoli Gardens where several statues are crumbling.

Venice June 21, 2013
A strong earthquake, magnitude 5.2, was felt across northern  and in the center of Italy, a few minutes after 12:30. The epicenter was located between Liguria and Emilia, in Fivizzano in the province of Massa Carrara. The earthquake was felt in Venice but did not do any damage.

 

 

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