Venice swamped by near-record flooding

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Venice swamped by near-record flooding

Venice’s high water, or “acqua alta”, said to be the sixth highest since 1872, flooded 70% of the city and was high enough to make raised wooden platforms for pedestrians float away. The record high water in Venice — 1.94 metres in 1966 — prompted many residents to abandon the city for new lives on the mainland. Venetians bombarded Facebook with moans about the city’s weather forecasters, who had predicted just 1.2 metres of water on Saturday, before correcting their forecast at dawn on Sunday. … Matteo Secchi, a hotelier and head of a protest group, who grew up in ground floor flat in Venice and recalls splashing into water on getting out of bed, said his hotel was only safe up to 140cm. “This morning the lagoon came right into the hotel entrance, and this is not clean water — you need to mop with disinfectant twice after it goes down,” he said. “The British tourists don’...

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@iamjeffmiranda » 13 Nov '12, 3pm
5 feet of flood water in Venice has tourists swimming through plazas [link] #Travel
@randyrieland » 13 Nov '12, 12pm
Venice swamped by near-record flooding [link] via @zite
@Brian_M_Carr » 12 Nov '12, 11pm
@RuthEHawke In case you miss the rt - about Venice flooding [link]
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RT @francie57: "@grist: 5 feet of flood water in Venice has tourists swimming through plazas [link]"//@morgfair
@grist » 12 Nov '12, 11pm
5 feet of flood water in Venice has tourists swimming through plazas [link]
@cghfranck » 12 Nov '12, 9pm
Really amazing! RT @grist: Venice swamped by near-record flooding [link]
@Ubreccia » 12 Nov '12, 7pm
RT @davely: Near record flooding in Venice. Combined with rising seas and a sinking city, this is going to become more frequent: [link]
@davely » 12 Nov '12, 7pm
Near record flooding in Venice. Combined with rising seas and a sinking city, this is going to become more frequent: [link]
@mg81992 » 12 Nov '12, 6pm
So sad. @drgrist: Venice swamped by near-record flooding [link]
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@charitycrabtree » 12 Nov '12, 5pm
Better go to Venice sooner rather than later I guess. @grist: Venice swamped by near-record flooding [link]
@J3NN1F3RJUN1P3R » 12 Nov '12, 4pm
So, I definitely need to see Venice before it sinks: "Venice swamped by near-record flooding" [link] via @grist
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RT @grist: Venice swamped by near-record flooding [link] >it's not just NYC that's feeling a bit damp this Autumn... :(
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Global warming? [link]
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