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.

(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 ...

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 flooded by the highest tide in more than 50 years. The water level peaked at 183 centimeters. More than 80% of the city was flooded. The highest level ever recorded was 190 centimeters ...

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 ...

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.

"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.