Fresh Misery for Venice as More Floods Sweep Through the City

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Venice was brought to a standstill, Friday, November 15, after a fourth successive day of floods peaked at 154 centimeters, closing shops, restaurants and even the city's famed vaporetti water ferries.
Although the new high tide, swollen by days of torrential rains, didn't reach the height of Tuesday's "acqua alta," or high waters, authorities say that more than 80 percent of the stricken city, a UNESCO world heritage site, is covered in water with shops marooned, homes flooded and street kiosks and newsstands washed away.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared a state of emergency Thursday after sewage-tainted water coursed down Venice's narrow streets and flooded the city's iconic St. Mark's Square. He called the flooding "a blow to the heart of our country" before taking a tour by powerboat to visit businesses and locals impacted by the tide.
On Tuesday, the water level surged 1.87 meters above normal, the highest since it rose to 1.94 meters during a 1966 flood that drove many Venetians to leave the city, never to return.

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Uhh it’s Venice what the heck did you expect.

shawntravelstheworld
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Builds city on water

*Wonders why water is running through the streets*

-KillaWatt-
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Just imagine, this whole place was underwater 5, 000 years ago just like Florida but now we have a manufactured cause thanks to our masters.

alancornell
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Bye, bye Venice. It was nice to know you! Not the first city to go underwater. This one just happens to be now.

ironseabeelost
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Greta: -heavy breathing- were going to Venice!

BMG_Giving
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Is the water rising or the city sinking?

amelliamendel
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That ocean view isn't lookin so good now huh

hououinkyouma
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crazy, I was just there the other week before it stated flooding, look at it now

scottyable
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they're literally walking on sewer water. YUK!

hongkongphooey
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Start throwing stuff overboard, your ship is sinking.

noneyabizz
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Don’t worry about this minor flooding - ain’t nothing compared to what that asteroid will do. There will be nowhere to go. Make peace with the Lord.

puffthemagicdragon
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Seems they are more annoyed than upset. Seeing as half of Venice usually floods every 4yrs and minor flooding occurs yearly. Anyone who chooses to have property there is crazy.

timb
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Lol looks like Greta chose the shortest people to look like the water was higher.

puffthemagicdragon
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How long have they known it's sinking?? What have they done about it?? Oh nothing.... gotcha

walawala