Venice floods put more than half of city underwater
The “acqua alta” can be a yearly occurrence, when high tides coincide with winter winds. Here, tourists kayak across St Mark’s Square in November 2011.
Water levels rose as much as 5ft above average yesterday, which makes it the city's sixth-worst flood on record.
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