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Finally Great News for Venice

Venice, a long-delayed flood barrier system successfully protected the lagoon city from a high tide for the first time on Saturday, bringing big relief following years of repeated inundations.

Edit: I didn’t see this before because I didn’t recognize what “MOSE” was.

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MOSE ..... MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, ( i.e. Experimental Electromechanical Module)

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The name is also a pun, as the Italian form of Moshe, the biblical character, is Mosè. And like Moshe, it is expected to part sea water :-)