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☆ A US military base was pummeled with rogue waves from a storm surge on the Marshall Islands
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

'Get out of here'The Café Roi dining facility was heavily flooded in the storm. US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll/DVIDSShocking viral video captured heavy flooding on the US military base around 9 p.m. Saturday night. A surge of water broke down the front doors of a local restaurant, the Outrigger Bar and Grill, flooding the building and causing some people inside to lose their footing under the waves. Erik Hanson, a scuba instructor on the Marshall Islands, posted the video on Instagram, saying the flooding was caused by a "combination of wind, tides, and swell direction." "Get out of here," a voice on the video is heard saying before the lights in the building cut out.

Persons: Erik Hanson Organizations: US Army Locations: Roi, Kwajalein, Marshall

☆ Women are making great films, but they're still getting ignored by the Academy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But on a more disappointing (though not unexpected) note, only one of those women earned a nomination for best director. "Barbie," "Anatomy of a Fall," and "Past Lives" will all compete for best picture at the Oscars in March. The snubs for Greta Gerwig, who helmed the billion-dollar box-office hit "Barbie," and "Past Lives" director Celine Song are notable. Gerwig's first three solo films as a director — "Lady Bird", "Little Women," and "Barbie" — were all good enough to make the best picture cut. But to this day, only one has ever gotten her in the best director running.

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☆ 'A trove of rebound opportunities': Strategists turn bullish on biotech and more, picking top stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

2023 wasn't a good year for the health-care sector, but some investors expect it to make a comeback this year — highlighting biotech and medical tech as areas to watch. But now, Citi believes that "astute investors may find themselves with a trove of rebound opportunities." Citi's top picks in biotech include Biomea Fusion , Alnylam Pharmaceuticals , and Immunovant . Jared Holz, health-care sector strategist at Mizuho Securities Americas, named biotech firm Biogen as one of his top trading ideas for 2024. "Biotech has commanded everyone's attention, but the recovery of many best-in-class medical device companies post the GLP-1 selloff has been remarkable," Orton said.

Persons: There's, Jared Holz, Biogen, Trent, medtech, Matt Orton, Orton Organizations: Citi Global Wealth Investments, U.S . Healthcare, Citi, Biomea, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Mizuho Securities Americas, Biogen, medtech, Raymond James Investment Management, Medical, Biotech, Abbott Laboratories Locations: U.S, Alphinity, medtech

☆ Photographs show the dramatic transformation of San Francisco’s salt ponds
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But these shades are not mixed on a palette, they are unfiltered snapshots of San Francisco Bay’s salt ponds. Barbara BoissevainAlthough perhaps less photogenic, the shift is a positive sign, says Dave Halsing, executive project manager of the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project. Today, Cargill still operates 12,000 acres of salt ponds, capable of crystallizing half a million tons of sea salt each year. She remembers visiting the salt ponds for the first time during a science class in third grade. She started by going up in the air once a year to photograph the salt ponds.

Persons: CNN — Barbara Boissevain’s, Mark Rothko, Dunaliella, Barbara Boissevain, Dave Halsing, ”, Boissevain, “, David Maisel Organizations: CNN, Cargill, Menlo Park, Meta, Facebook, Kehrer Verlag, San Jose State University Locations: Francisco, Salt, Manhattan, Dunaliella salina, Silicon, Menlo, Ravenswood Ponds

☆ Best travel destinations to visit in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-01 | by ( Cnn Travel Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

cdwheatley/iStockphoto/Getty Images Angola: Beyond the capital city of Luanda, pictured, Angola has some jaw-droppingly spectacular scenery and cultural treats. David ChiaFF/Alamy Stock Photo Mérida, Mexico: Yucatán state's capital city showcases a blend of Mayan and colonial heritage. Pavel Tochinsky/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images Morocco: This North African country is home to nine UNESCO sites, including the historic city of Meknes, pictured. Panama City is also the only world capital with a tropical rainforest within its city limits. And a historic city forever entwined with the famed Camino de Santiago.

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☆ McDonald's is in the midst of some big changes that show the changing tides in the world of fast food
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-11 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at some of the recent big changes at McDonald's, including the launch of a new restaurant concept. AdvertisementCold foam and oat milk are big business, as drink modifiers add up to roughly $1 billion in revenue for Starbucks. McDonald's app has grown over the years, with over 57 million active members, but it still leaves much to be desired. To be sure, 10 CosMc's is not even a drop in the bucket of McDonald's 40,000-plus restaurant empire.

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☆ With striking images, Kevin Cooley is illuminating our relationship with the planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Michelle Cohan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

One witness — and documenter — of this trend is Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Kevin Cooley, who has spent the last decade capturing images of fire — both wild and controlled. The photographs are a visual statement about “our desire to control nature.”But lately, Cooley finds himself drawn to a different element, with lower risks. At the same time, California was in the middle of an extreme drought, which sparked his interesting in photographing water. Using flashlights, strobe lights and even drones, Cooley takes long exposure photos of the ocean that illuminate the tides, and ebb and flow of the current, he said. Kevin Cooley looks off into the sunset at Thousand Steps Beach in California, assessing the lighting for his evening photography session of the ocean.

Persons: —, Kevin Cooley, ”, Cooley, He’s, we’re, Kevin Cooley's, Kevin Cooley Cooley, ” Cooley, Kevin Myers, CNN “, “ Organizations: Los Angeles CNN —, UN, CNN Locations: Los Angeles, California, Colorado, Arizona

After months of congressional hand-wringing, Mr. Santos finally met his demise on Friday, after Republicans and Democrats each offered separate expulsion resolutions. The resulting debate on the House floor on Thursday captured the absurdity and unseemliness of Mr. Santos’s scandals. Mr. Santos is only the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body’s history. Mr. Santos must still contend with the federal indictment in which prosecutors have accused him of multiple criminal schemes. (That company, Harbor City Capital, has been accused of operating a Ponzi scheme by the Securities and Exchange Commission, though Mr. Santos has not been implicated.)

Persons: George Santos, Santos, Mr, “ George Santos, ”, Anthony D’Esposito, Santos’s, Mike Johnson of, Kevin McCarthy of California, Kathy Hochul, Thomas R, Suozzi, Goldman Sachs, Nancy Marks, Marks, Nicholas Fandos Organizations: New York Republican, Queens, Republican, Republicans, World Trade, House, Local, Democratic, New York Times, Baruch College, Citigroup, World Trade Center, Devolder Organization, Harbor, Harbor City Capital, Securities and Exchange Commission Locations: Orlando, Long Island, New York, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Nassau County, Queens, New York City, Orlando ., Florida, Harbor City, United States

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A busy hurricane season that saw the National Hurricane Center in Miami issue the first-ever tropical storm warning for the coast of California and hurricane warnings as far north as Nova Scotia is coming to a close Thursday night. “The 2023 hurricane season does show that we can get impacts just about everywhere," said Michael Brennan, director of the hurricane center. A year earlier, a strong storm surge during Hurricane Ian resulted in multiple deaths and significant destruction across southwest Florida. She said she's more than relieved hurricane season is ending. “So it's either hurricane season, or you're getting ready for the next hurricane season," he said.

Persons: —, Michael Brennan, Hurricane Lee, Hurricane Otis, ” Brennan, Brennan, Ian, Danielle DeLoach, Nicole, DeLoach, “, they’re, ” DeLoach, they'll, ___ Fischer Organizations: National Hurricane Center, Hurricane, Florida Gulf, U.S . East, Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Locations: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Miami, California, Nova Scotia, Southern California, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, U.S . East Coast, New England, Mexico, Acapulco, Atlantic, Gulf Coast of Florida, Florida's, Tropic Shores, Daytona Beach Shores

☆ Dubai’s Costly Water World
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Arielle Paul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

At Deep Dive Dubai, the equivalent of six Olympic-size swimming pools of water fills an underwater city shaped like a giant oyster, inspired by the emirate’s pearl-diving heritage. At the foot of the building, the 30-acre Burj Lake and its five dancing fountains use a wastewater reclamation system by Hitachi that reuses the Burj Khalifa’s sewage water to replace fountain water lost each day. The construction of Dubai’s artificial islands also strains the Gulf’s water resources. One study found that the average water temperature around Palm Jumeirah island, designed by HHCP Architects, increased by roughly 13 degrees over 19 years. “Developing close to the water is much more preferred than developing in the desert landscape, and you are increasing the coastline,” Dr. Alawadi said.

Persons: Adrian Smith, Alawadi, Smith Organizations: Dive, Emaar, Hitachi, HHCP Architects Locations: Dive Dubai, Burj, Burj Lake, Persian, Dubai

☆ Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

An artist's concept of the dwarf planet Eris and its moon Dysnomia is seen in this undated illustration released by NASA. Most likely there is no liquid ocean inside Eris," Nimmo added. Eris has a diameter of about 1,445 miles (2,326 km), slightly smaller than Pluto's 1,473 miles (2,370 km). Because of its greater concentration of rock, which is denser than ice, Eris has about 25% more mass than Pluto. "Just like the Earth-moon system, tides on Eris slowly push Dysnomia away and slow down the spin of Eris.

Persons: Pluto, Eris, Francis Nimmo, Nimmo, Mike Brown, Dysnomia, " Nimmo, Brown, we've, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: NASA, JPL, Caltech, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, of California, Astronomical Union, Thomson Locations: of California Santa Cruz, Neptune

☆ Opinion: Why I’m not going to have children
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Opinion Anna Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But each day, the current state of the world dissuades me more and more from having children. Like many folks in Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), my main concern is climate change. As environmental catastrophes reach a caliber we cannot predict or conceive, having children is becoming less of a risk I’m willing to take. Coupled with the resources and opportunities that the US provides, my hypothetical children likely wouldn’t be among the worst-affected by climate change. Under today’s environmental and political climate, I find it is better to regret not having children than regret having them.

Persons: Anna Lee, I’d, ”, William ”, I’ll, I’ve, Z’ers, Jessica Combes, “, trepidation, Miley Cyrus, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Emma Lim, —, It’s, Z, Greta Thunberg, — Sophia Kianni, Vanessa Nakate —, Joe Biden’s, William Organizations: CNN, College of, University of Oxford Student, NBC, Research, ELLE Magazine, Rep, University of Bath Locations: Alexandria, Cortez of New York

☆ No, 11,200 Climate Refugees Aren’t Heading to Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Natasha Frost | More About Natasha Frost | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu once comprised 11 islands. For decades, Tuvalu’s leaders have warned about the effects of the world’s emissions on this tiny place. “It’s a matter of disappearing from the surface of this earth,” Kausea Natano, the prime minister, said in September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. And so when Mr. Natano and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia announced a bipartisan agreement this week between their nations that would help Tuvalu mitigate the effects of climate change, many anticipated a wholesale offer of climate-based asylum for Tuvalu’s approximately 11,200 citizens. At least in the short term, the truth is rather less dramatic.

Persons: “, Kausea Natano, Natano, Anthony Albanese Organizations: United Nations General Assembly, Australia, Pacific, Forum Locations: Tuvalu, Tuvalu’s, Cook, Australia

☆ The 970-Page Guide to Being a Successful Perfectionist
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ben Cohen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There’s a story on page 845 of Barbra Streisand ’s dishy new memoir that is so unbelievably Babs that it would be hard to believe if it were about anybody else. She’s at home watching the television premiere of “The Prince of Tides,” the 1991 film she directed, produced and starred in. Every time the movie goes to commercial, the volume gets cranked up way too loud. So she calls NBC and asks to speak with the network’s sound engineer. Then she persuades him to lower the volume on the commercials by two decibels.

Persons: Barbra Streisand, Babs, She’s, “ Organizations: NBC

☆ Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Wesley Morris | More About Wesley Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Rick Kot, an executive editor at Viking who oversaw production on the book, told me, “Publishing books in two volumes is difficult just as a commercial venture. Nor does it inspire the “five takeaways” treatment that juicy new memoirs by Britney Spears and Jada Pinkett Smith have. These are my thoughts.” She also considered those other Streisand titles, the ones by other people. Sydney Chaplin (one of Charlie’s kids) played the original Nick Arnstein during her “Funny Girl” Broadway run; they shared a flirtation that Chaplin wanted to consummate and that Streisand wanted to keep professional. It’s that Barbra Streisand endured a parade of harsh workplaces yet never stopped trying to make the best work.

Persons: Rick Kot, “, She’s, you’ve, Britney Spears, Jada Pinkett Smith, Streisand, Christine Pittel, hemming, hawing, ”, there’s, Sydney Chaplin, Nick Arnstein, Chaplin, Elliott Gould, Dolly, Walter Matthau, Gene Kelly, Matthau, she’s, Brando, Pierre Trudeau, Jon Peters, It’s, Barbra Streisand Organizations: Viking, “ Publishing

☆ TikTok is killing its Creator Fund after months of criticism from influencers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He had spoken against TikTok's Creator Fund. Victoria Paris, a 24-year-old full-time influencer, previously told Insider that she earned just over $40,000 from TikTok's creator fund in 2021. He also had spoken against the TikTok Creator Fund. Steve Granitz/Getty ImagesShawn Owens, 27, said the creator fund isn't set up to benefit micro-influencers like himself. Despite having 70,000 followers and plenty of viral moments, Owens said he "never made any substantial money from the Creator Fund."

Persons: TikTok, —, Hank Green, TikTokers, MrBeast, Paris, Steve Granitz, Shawn Owens, isn't, Owens Organizations: Service, TikTok's, Creator, Creativity, TikTok Locations: France, Germany, TikTok, Victoria Paris

☆ South Korea's office market is one of the world's strongest, says real estate firm
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSouth Korea's office market is one of the world's strongest, says real estate firmRay Lawler, Asia-Pacific CEO at Hines, says South Korea's office market is "swimming against the tides globally."

Persons: Ray Lawler, Hines Locations: Asia, Pacific

High-tide floods are not caused by the weather but by the twice monthly alignment of the Earth, sun and moon. But as climate change causes sea levels to rise, high tide floods — sometimes called nuisance floods or sunny-day floods because they can happen on clear days — are likely to inundate more coastal neighborhoods across the five boroughs. By 2050, Lower Manhattan could see 85 days of high-tide flooding annually, a fivefold increase. By the end of this century, 600,000 city residents could be affected by regular tidal flooding, according to the New York City Comptroller’s office. “Tidal flooding is a pretty significant existential climate threat,” said Louise Yeung, the chief climate officer for the comptroller’s office.

Persons: ”, Louise Yeung Organizations: New Locations: Queens, Jamaica, Lower Manhattan, New York City

The deal to create a "loss and damage" fund was hailed as a breakthrough for developing country negotiators at United Nations climate talks in Egypt last year, overcoming years of resistance from wealthy nations. The committee, representing a geographically diverse group of countries, resolved to recommend the World Bank serve as trustee and host of the fund - a tension point that has fuelled divisions between developed and developing nations. Housing a fund at the World Bank, whose presidents are appointed by the U.S., would give donor countries outsized influence over the fund and result in high fees for recipient countries, developing countries have argued. To get all countries on board, it was agreed the World Bank would serve as interim trustee and host of the fund for a four-year period. "Rich countries ... have not only coerced developing nations into accepting the World Bank as the host of the Loss and Damage Fund but have also evaded their duty to lead in providing financial assistance to those communities and countries."

Persons: Tarusila, Loren Elliott, Jennifer Morgan, we're, Harjeet Singh, Sultan al, Jaber, Gloria Dickie, Valerie Volcovici, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Local, REUTERS, United Nations, Bank, Housing, World Bank, Action, U.S . State Department, Reuters, The U.S, Washington DC, Thomson Locations: Village, Fiji, United States, Egypt, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, U.S, Berlin, COP28, London, Washington

☆ US officials are concerned that Ukraine is running out of troops and have hinted at peace talks with Russia, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Western officials have suggested Ukraine consider peace negotiations with Russia, a report says. US officials fear that Ukraine is running out of troops, while Russia seems to have an endless supply. AdvertisementAdvertisementWestern officials have begun broaching the topic of holding peace negotiations with Russia with the Ukrainian government, a report says. Biden administration officials are also concerned that Ukraine is running out of forces as it struggles to recruit more troops for the fight. The Russian president might be hoping to "wait out the West" and hope support for Ukraine wanes, officials told the outlet.

Persons: —, Biden, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Ursula von der Leyen, Ilia yefimovich, Adrienne Watson, Ukraine wanes, Putin, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, US, NBC, Pentagon, Biden, European Commission, Getty, Kyiv, National Security Council, Ukraine, Republican Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Ukrainian, United States, Kyiv, Gaza, Russian

Since the trial began in late September, Trump has been fined twice by Judge Arthur Engoron for breaking a gag order that bars him from making public comments about the judge’s staff, stormed out of the courtroom and been made to watch as two of his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, testified this week. His daughter Ivanka Trump is slated to testify on Tuesday. Both sons held the title of executive vice president after their father was elected president. Eric Trump, who maintained more direct involvement in the company, provided more detailed testimony and was at times chippy in his responses to prosecutors who sought to tease out his specific role. During testimony on Friday, he acknowledged he was aware of the Trump Organization's statements of financial condition as far back as 2013 after repeatedly denying knowledge of them.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Letitia James, James, –, ”, Barbara Perry, ” Perry, “, Judge Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, he’s, Donald Trump's, “ It's, He’s, Allen Weisselberg, Donald Bender Organizations: Trump, New York, University of Virginia’s Miller Center Locations: Manhattan, New York

☆ Analysis: November is typically the best month for stocks. So far, it’s looking promising
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The S&P 500 on Thursday climbed 1.9% to log its best one-day gain since April. The S&P 500 has gained an average 6.7% from November to April since 1990, according to CFRA data. “We remain comfortable with our long-standing 3,900 year-end target for the S&P 500,” he wrote in a note on October 29. The S&P 500 closed Thursday at about 4,318. “The acquisition of Comcast’s stake in Hulu at fair market value will further Disney’s streaming objectives,” the company said in a short statement.

Persons: Jerome Powell’s, ”, George Smith, Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley, Liam Reilly, Oliver Darcy, “, Read, Hanna Ziady, Andrew Bailey Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Investors, Dow Jones, Dow, Federal, Treasury, LPL, Disney, Hulu Disney, Comcast, Bank of England, of England, ” Bank of England Locations: New York, Hulu, Israel

☆ America's cities are vying for a hot new title: best place to ride out the coming dystopia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Matthew E. Kahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

For decades, cities have duked it out for titles like "best city for business" or "healthiest city in America," but now they're starting to compete for a new title: best place to ride out dystopia. While Sun Belt cities are working to mitigate these challenges, the increased risks also create an opportunity for once forgotten cities. The declaration has been followed up with investments in key areas — climate resilience was one of the four pillars that made up the city's four-year strategic plan released at the start of 2023. And the cities that could become climate havens have their weather downsides — Buffalo will still have some harsh winters, too. If Buffalo, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and other cities succeed in their climate-resilience agendas, they will grow, attracting residents from more at-risk areas of the country.

Persons: Tesla, Byron Brown, Redfin, Matthew E, Kahn Organizations: Los Angeles, Fortune, Sun, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Association of Environmental, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FBI, Street Foundation, Pittsburgh, The New York Times, University of Southern, Hoover Institution Locations: America, West, Midwest, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Buffalo , New York, Detroit, USA, Florida, California, South, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Angeles County, Miami, Dade County, Lake Erie, Buffalo, Duluth , Minnesota, Grand Rapids , Michigan, Chicago, Northern, Pittsburgh, Rust, Los Angeles, University of Southern California

☆ 92% of young people would sacrifice other perks for a 4-day workweek—here's what they'd give up
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Annie Probert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As workers reconsider their work-life balance post-pandemic, 92% of young people say that they would make sacrifices in exchange for a four-day workweek, according to a new Bankrate survey. "That coupled with this still historically strong job market … is giving them the leverage to bargain for what they want." "If a company wants to bring younger workers back [into the office], maybe this is the perk they should look into," says Foster. The Bankrate data is a sign that younger generations are prioritizing work-life balance and "recognizing that flexibility itself is a job perk," Foster says. "There's something to be said about maybe not wanting to pursue that taste of flexibility the way that younger generations probably do."

Persons: Sarah Foster, Gen Z, they'd, Foster, Gen, X, Gen Xers, they've Organizations: CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ Italy floods: Lake Como bursts its banks as violent storm pounds the north
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | Antonia Mortensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome and Milan, Italy CNN —A storm that brought heavy rain and violent winds to Northern Italy overnight and early Tuesday sent rapid floods through central Milan and caused Lake Como to breach its banks. The Seveso, a river that runs through the municipalities of Como, Monza e Brianza and Milan, also broke its banks, according to Italy’s civil protection agency. The city’s safety councilor, Marco Granelli, said the winds felled trees, tore down scaffolding and ripped off roof tiles. Two women at a flooded intersection in Milan after a violent storm hit the city on October 31, 2023. Strong winds blowing towards the north in the Adriatic Sea pushed water up into the city.

Persons: Marco Granelli, Vasile Mihai, Antonio, Eugenio Giani, Luigi Brugnaro, Brugnaro, MOSE, Emilia Romagna, Laura Paddison Organizations: Italy CNN, Monza, Getty Locations: Rome, Milan, Italy, Northern Italy, Como, Tuscany, Central Italy, Venice, Veneto, Italian, Emilia

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