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Flood-weary Venice puts 'Moses' inflatable barriers to test

by Associated Press
| July 10, 2020 4:03 AM

ROME (AP) — Venice has conducted a trial run of an ambitious anti-flood system of 78 inflatable barriers in hopes of protecting the lagoon city from devastating high tides.

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