Highest tides in 50 years plunge Venice squares underwater as 'result of climate change'

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'The situation is dramatic,' city's mayor tweets. 'We ask the government to help us. The cost will be high'

People walk across the flooded St Mark's Square past St Mark's BasilicaA stranded ferry boat is seen by the docks in VeniceA man walks across the flooded St Mark's Square past St Mark's Basilica and the Bell TowerThe flooded Riva degli Schiavoni embankment with the San Giorgio Maggiore basilica in backgroundOne person died after he was struck by lightning while using an electric water pump on Pellestrina, one of the many islands in the Venetian lagoon, the fire brigade said.

 

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Was much the same in 1825

I remember seeing the same about ten years ago.

Bullshit

Why u quote this like the past decade ain't seen like 8 of the ten worst hurricanes ever recorded

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