In Venice, the alarm returns on Sunday. Stop mortgages for a year, Brugnaro commissioner

Suspension of mortgages for one year, 20 million for the first recovery of damages and the mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro appointed extraordinary commissioner. These are the main measures contained in the order signed by the head of Civil Protection Angelo Borrelli following the emergency for high water in Venice.
The order, according to ANSA, provides for a first repayment of 5 thousand euros for private individuals and 20 thousand for companies, according to the scheme indicated by Prime Minister Conte.

The tide continues to cover Venice with water, but today it does not worry. The emergency will be back tomorrow. "The tide center has updated forecasts for tomorrow, with three very high (and close) high water peaks. At 3.05 o'clock possible 130 centimeters, at 6.50 am a slight drop is expected with 110 centimeters, while at 12.30 pm could be reached 160 centimeters. The tide will therefore remain very high for several hours, ”the Venice Municipality writes in a tweet.

Today the high water has reached a peak of 115 centimeters on the middle sea in Venice, shortly after midnight. A phenomenon classified as very sustained (orange code), and not exceptional.

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Piazza San Marco is again invaded by tourists. Hundreds of Chinese and Japanese with mobile phones, organized groups behind guides and tourists from all over the world have regained possession of the square in a coming and going that at 9 am is already so high as to create long lines on the walkways that were exposed of the 110 cm high water peak planned for 12 hours. And it would take a bit of respect for what happened – says Nicolò Sito, from the shop that sells costume jewelery from Murano in Piazzetta San Marco -. But above all we would like better people. Nobody respects Venice anymore, there is no more education, people behave worse than at home ".

"From Venice to Matera, enough electoral walkways" is the banner that some activists have placed above the Rialto bridge, one of the most famous bridges in Venice. "United against climate change, it is time to act," the activists who refer to the "Fridays for future" movement of Greta Thunberg wrote.

Today is the day of the visit by Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese and Senate President Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati. The latter was met by a small protest rally. A delegation from the Italian national football team will also visit Piazza San Marco to bring solidarity.

For the damages "we are around a billion euros", says the mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro in an interview with the Messaggero and the Gazzettino. "When everything is dry, you will be able to accurately understand the damage caused by water to homes, businesses, shops, cultural and artistic heritage". From the government "there will be a first allocation of 20 million euros to manage the emergency and restart the functionality of the city. Electric cabins, jetties, pontoons. And if they are not enough, both the premier Giuseppe Conte and the minister Paola De Micheli and the head of the Civil Protection Angelo Borrelli have promised me further allocations ".

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