ASTONISHING video footage shows extreme floods sweeping through the streets of Italy as a red alert is issued for severe ...

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 ...

Much of Venice was left under water on Tuesday, as unexpectedly severe weather caused flooding in the city ... on the third day of his state visit to Italy. A fire at a waste disposal centre ...

In 2003, Italy began building a massive flood barrier designed to isolate the Venetian Lagoon, the enclosed bay where Venice is located. The project, known as Mose, is one of the largest civil ...

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.

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More than 60 municipalities in Italy’s Tuscany region ... from a landslide in Badia Prataglia, Tuscany. In Venice, the Mose ...

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Venice, November 18 - Venice got some respite Monday from its worst flooding in 50 years. The lagoon city tried to make a fresh start after the third day of acqua alta (high water) above 150 com ...

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.