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Venice submerged in record-setting flood water

  • San Marco square remains covered in flood water days after the second highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. More than 80 percent of the city was flooded after Tuesday's high tide of 187cm, the highest level in more than 50 years, leading the government to declare a state of emergency. A second high tide on Friday meant that the iconic St. Mark's Square would remain closed, along with many shops and schools. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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    Flooded Venice Faces Another Tidal Surge

    San Marco square remains covered in flood water days after the second highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. More than 80 percent of the city was flooded after Tuesday's high tide of 187cm, the highest level in more than 50 years, leading the government to declare a state of emergency. A second high tide on Friday meant that the iconic St. Mark's Square would remain closed, along with many shops and schools. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
    Vittorio Zunino Celotto via Getty Images
  • General views in Venice the days after one of the highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    General views in Venice the days after one of the highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
    Vittorio Zunino Celotto via Getty Images
  • General views in Venice the days after one of the highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    General views in Venice the days after one of the highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
    Vittorio Zunino Celotto via Getty Images
  • A general view shows people walking across the flooded St. Mark's Square, by St. Mark's Basilica on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A general view shows people walking across the flooded St. Mark's Square, by St. Mark's Basilica on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
  • A view towards the Basilica di San Marco in San Marco square which remains covered in flood water days after the second highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. More than 80 percent of the city was flooded after Tuesday's high tide of 187cm, the highest level in more than 50 years, leading the government to declare a state of emergency. A second high tide on Friday meant that the iconic St. Mark's Square would remain closed, along with many shops and schools. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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    Flooded Venice Faces Another Tidal Surge

    A view towards the Basilica di San Marco in San Marco square which remains covered in flood water days after the second highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. More than 80 percent of the city was flooded after Tuesday's high tide of 187cm, the highest level in more than 50 years, leading the government to declare a state of emergency. A second high tide on Friday meant that the iconic St. Mark's Square would remain closed, along with many shops and schools. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
    Vittorio Zunino Celotto via Getty Images
  • A flooded alleyway is pictured on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A flooded alleyway is pictured on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
  • Carabinieri police officers patrol a flooded arcade by St. Mark's square on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    Carabinieri police officers patrol a flooded arcade by St. Mark's square on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
  • People walk in the high water days after the second highest tide from 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    People walk in the high water days after the second highest tide from 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
    Vittorio Zunino Celotto via Getty Images
  • A girl poses smiling days after the second highest tide from 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A girl poses smiling days after the second highest tide from 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
    Vittorio Zunino Celotto via Getty Images
  • A general view shows a flooded arcade by St. Mark's Square and the Bell Tower (L) on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    10/20

    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A general view shows a flooded arcade by St. Mark's Square and the Bell Tower (L) on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
  • A man walks across the flooded Riva degli Schiavoni embankment by moored gondolas (Rear R) on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A man walks across the flooded Riva degli Schiavoni embankment by moored gondolas (Rear R) on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
  • VENICE, ITALY - NOVEMBER 15: A flooded St. Mark's square (Piazza San Marco) during a new exceptional high tide on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. A new exceptional high tide of 160 cm was registered today at 11.20 am. Venice saw its second ever highest tide on the night of November 12th, two people were killed and mayor Luigi Brugnaro declared a state of emergency. (Photo by Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images)
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    Venice High Water Floods Continues

    VENICE, ITALY - NOVEMBER 15: A flooded St. Mark's square (Piazza San Marco) during a new exceptional high tide on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. A new exceptional high tide of 160 cm was registered today at 11.20 am. Venice saw its second ever highest tide on the night of November 12th, two people were killed and mayor Luigi Brugnaro declared a state of emergency. (Photo by Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images)
    Simone Padovani/Awakening via Getty Images
  • People sit on benches in a flooded arcade by St. Mark's Square on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    People sit on benches in a flooded arcade by St. Mark's Square on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
  • Officers from the Italian National Police (Polizia di Stato) stand in the flooded St. Mark's Square, by St. Mark's Basilica (L) and the Bell Tower on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    Officers from the Italian National Police (Polizia di Stato) stand in the flooded St. Mark's Square, by St. Mark's Basilica (L) and the Bell Tower on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
    FILIPPO MONTEFORTE via Getty Images
  • A man removes water from the flooded shop during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A man removes water from the flooded shop during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
    Manuel Silvestri / Reuters
  • Men have a glass of wine at a flooded street in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    Men have a glass of wine at a flooded street in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
    Flavio Lo Scalzo / Reuters
  • A boat tries to pass under a bridge during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A boat tries to pass under a bridge during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
    Manuel Silvestri / Reuters
  • A man pumps water from a shop at the flooded St. Mark's Square, as high tide reaches peak, in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    A man pumps water from a shop at the flooded St. Mark's Square, as high tide reaches peak, in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
    Flavio Lo Scalzo / Reuters
  • Workers dismantle a makeshift walkway over the flooded St. Mark's Square, as high tide reaches peak, in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    Workers dismantle a makeshift walkway over the flooded St. Mark's Square, as high tide reaches peak, in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
    Flavio Lo Scalzo / Reuters
  • Tourists take pictures in the flooded St. Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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    Venice Is Struck By High Water Floods

    Tourists take pictures in the flooded St. Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
    Manuel Silvestri / Reuters
San Marco square remains covered in flood water days after the second highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. More than 80 percent of the city was flooded after Tuesday's high tide of 187cm, the highest level in more than 50 years, leading the government to declare a state of emergency. A second high tide on Friday meant that the iconic St. Mark's Square would remain closed, along with many shops and schools. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
General views in Venice the days after one of the highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
General views in Venice the days after one of the highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
A general view shows people walking across the flooded St. Mark's Square, by St. Mark's Basilica on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
A view towards the Basilica di San Marco in San Marco square which remains covered in flood water days after the second highest tide since 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. More than 80 percent of the city was flooded after Tuesday's high tide of 187cm, the highest level in more than 50 years, leading the government to declare a state of emergency. A second high tide on Friday meant that the iconic St. Mark's Square would remain closed, along with many shops and schools. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
A flooded alleyway is pictured on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
Carabinieri police officers patrol a flooded arcade by St. Mark's square on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
People walk in the high water days after the second highest tide from 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
A girl poses smiling days after the second highest tide from 1966 on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
A general view shows a flooded arcade by St. Mark's Square and the Bell Tower (L) on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
A man walks across the flooded Riva degli Schiavoni embankment by moored gondolas (Rear R) on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
VENICE, ITALY - NOVEMBER 15: A flooded St. Mark's square (Piazza San Marco) during a new exceptional high tide on November 15, 2019 in Venice, Italy. A new exceptional high tide of 160 cm was registered today at 11.20 am. Venice saw its second ever highest tide on the night of November 12th, two people were killed and mayor Luigi Brugnaro declared a state of emergency. (Photo by Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images)
People sit on benches in a flooded arcade by St. Mark's Square on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
Officers from the Italian National Police (Polizia di Stato) stand in the flooded St. Mark's Square, by St. Mark's Basilica (L) and the Bell Tower on November 15, 2019 in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. - Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on November 15, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
A man removes water from the flooded shop during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Men have a glass of wine at a flooded street in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
A boat tries to pass under a bridge during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
A man pumps water from a shop at the flooded St. Mark's Square, as high tide reaches peak, in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
Workers dismantle a makeshift walkway over the flooded St. Mark's Square, as high tide reaches peak, in Venice, Italy November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
Tourists take pictures in the flooded St. Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Tori Floyd
·Editor

More than 80 per cent of Venice, Italy is submerged, as flood waters rise during high tide. Nov. 15 saw the second highest tide in the city since 1966, reaching 187 cm. The government has declared a state of emergency. Many shops and schools are closed, as well as landmarks such as St. Mark’s Square.

There are 50,000 residents who live in Venice year-round, and while tourists are still seen posing in the streets and taking selfies, Venetians are expressing worry that the flooding has got worse in the last 20 years. Some experts anticipate Venice could be completely underwater in the next 100 years.

“We have been in this emergency for days and we just can’t put up with it any more,” said Venetian resident Nava Naccara to Reuters.

According to a video released by Mayor Luigi Brugnaro, it could cost up to €1 billion to repair the damage to the city.