A woman in a red dress on a flooded St. Mark's Square on December 8, following following heavy rains and strong windsPeople walk across a flooded street on Tuesday in Venice. Bad weather including heavy rain and high winds caused the tide in Venice to rise and flood waters reached a height of 122cm this morningA view shows a flooded St. Mark's Square on December 8. Waters are expected to rise to a maximum of 145cm later today, according to local authoritiesA person takes photos while standing on a flooded St. Mark's Square on December 8People walk across an arcade by a flooded St. Mark's Square on December 8, following heavy rains and strong windsA couple walks holding hands in flooded St. Mark's SquareVideo footage taken in the city shows the iconic St Mark's Square, or Piazza San Marco, swamped with flood water. Of the 24 tides ever recorded above the 140-cm level, 15 have occurred in the last two decades, including five last November when the city's St Mark's Square was submerged under a metre of water. Venice authorities said the damage last year ran to hundreds of millions of pounds, including millions in St Mark's Basilica alone.

Source: Daily Mail December 08, 2020 17:07 UTC