Huh? I’m sure there is an explanation, but I fail to see how a high pressure system in an open, uncontained, environment can hold back tides. The med is not exactly open ocean, but it’s pretty close to it. Tides are predominantly lunar gravity induced, not air pressure driven. And while air pressure does vary, in the big scheme of things it doesn’t vary by much. Something else has to be going on.
Though Venice is on the Adriatic, not the Mediterranean, I agree with you. Of course, given the simpletons who gravitate to journalism, I can’t say I’m surprised that the article doesn’t explore what seems you you and me an obvious issue