Romantic Venice...is soggy again...after a 56 inch tide inundated it.
Seasonal high water levels...acqua alta...resulting from annual tides...have been augmented by heavy local snowfalls and rains.
Restaurants, hotels and churches are soaked.
Some estimate that 60% of the canal city was flooded...with its 15th highest tide in history.
With 19 Fotos
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277379/Valentines-Day-Venice-Take-wellies-City-romance-hit-snow-ice-floods.html#axzz2Ki1HELiz
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