Reeling from devastating floods this week, Venice suffered another exceptional h...
A tourist pose in St. Mark’s Square after days of severe flooding in Venice, Italy, November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
The city’s center for tide forecasts had warned the tide could reach 160 cm on Sunday and the high mark hit at 1210 GMT was not far short of that. The city beloved around the world for its canals, historic architecture and art, was hit by a high tide at 187 cm on Tuesday. That was just short of the record 194 cm set in 1966 and caused the city’s worst flooding in 50 years.With four tides above 140 cm since Monday, this is the worst week for high tides in Venice since 1872 when official statistics were first produced.
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