Venice, a city renowned for its romantic canals and historic architecture, has long been synonymous with the word “flooding.” For centuries, the tides have been the primary culprit of the ...

Venice Keeps Flooding. Here’s How an Engineer Would Solve It. Venice spent about $6 billion on a mobile floodgate system that can block high tides from inundating the city.

Venice, November 18 - Venice got some respite Monday from its worst flooding in 50 years ... but it went back up to 154cm on Sunday morning before slowly receding. As result, water bus services ...

Here’s all the latest news and updates. Venice suffers worst week of floods in its history as surge breaks records VENICE has suffered its worst flooding on record as it is hit by a third huge ...

Venice was hit with its highest tide in 50 years on Tuesday, killing at least one person and causing flooding that could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Eighty-five ...

The system of 78 flood gates, known as Mose, guard the entrance to the Venetian lagoon and are designed to protect the city from tides of up to 3m. Venice was underwater on Tuesday as heavy rain ...

Low tides have left canals in Venice almost dry, just two months after severe flooding left much of the Italian city under water. Boats have been seen almost beached as water levels dip drastically.

(CNN)-- Venice has suffered its worst flooding in 22 years, leaving some parts of the historic Italian city neck-deep in water, reports said Monday. Water burst the banks of the coastal city's ...

"MOSE is inadequate to safeguard Venice, and it is not able to resist flooding," said Italia Nostra ... damage to the delicate foundation before the practice was called off.

"Acqua Alta" is also used to describe Venice’s frequent flooding, and that is where the name of the shop comes from. Its owner, Luigi Frizzo, opened it in 2004 after travelling the world.

The Associated Press / A woman sits in a chair in a flooded St. Mark’s Square, in Venice, on Wednesday. The high-water mark hit 74 inches late Tuesday, meaning more than 85% of the city was flooded.