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Tourists and Venetians take to strategically placed raised walkways to slosh through the high water as the already flooded lagoon city sees a record high tide

People walk in a flooded St.Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy November 12, 2019

The city saw a record high tide with water levels expected to reach or surpass 1.90 metres, the city's tide monitoring centre said. A room in the flooded Gritti Palace is pictured during an exceptional high tide in Venice, November 12, 2019 As the phenomenon of high water, locally known as “acqua alta,” goes, the levels Tuesday, while amusing for tourists and a nuisance for residents going about their business, were far lower than the 1.94 metrEs in the devastating November 1966 flood in Venice.

 

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