Venice was flooded 50 times between 1993 and 2002, but by far the worst incident was on November 4, 1966, when the city was submerged by 1.94 metres of water amid catastrophic flooding throughout Italy. - Yahoo.com
VENICE (AFP) –
Venice was under water again on Tuesday after suffering its worst flooding in 22 years, as a new tide soaked the Renaissance city up to about thigh level.
On Monday the "acqua alta" (high water) reached 1.56 metres (five feet, two inches), the highest level since 1986, before beginning to recede.
Lower parts of the tourist mecca, including the world-famous St Mark's Square, remained under water at midday on Tuesday after reaching a high of 1.02 metres, according to the ANSA news agency.
The city is expected to return to normal in the early evening, its tide monitoring centre said.
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