Italy declares state of emergency for flooded Venice
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The Mayor of Venice has declared a state of disaster as the city begins to count the cost of a flood which followed its second highest tide ever recorded.
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People wade through water on the occasion of a high tide, in a flooded Venice, Italy, Tuesday. The high tide reached a peak of 127cm (4.1ft) at 10:35am while an even higher level of 140cm(4.6ft) was predicted for later Tuesday evening.3/20
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A shopkeeper looks out of his shop at a flooded St. Mark's Square on the occasion of a high tide, in Venice, Italy, Tuesday.4/20
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People stand inside a flooded cafe' on the occasion of a high tide, in Venice, Italy, Tuesday.5/20
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A photographer takes pictures in a flooded St. Mark's Square, in Venice, Italy, Tuesday.6/20
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People walk on catwalk on the occasion of a high tide, in a flooded Venice, Italy, Tuesday.7/20
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A shopkeeper throws water our of his flooded shop, early Wednesday. The high-water mark hit 187 centimeters (74 inches) late Tuesday, meaning more than 85% of the city was flooded. The highest level ever recorded was 198 centimeters (78 inches) during infamous flooding in 1966.8/20
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A man looks at a stranded taxi boat lying on its side in a alley in Venice, early Wednesday.9/20
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Parts of a dock lie damaged, in Venice, Wednesday.10/20
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Parts of a dock lie damaged, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.11/20
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A stranded ferry boat lies on its side, in Venice, Wednesday.12/20
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Partially submerged ferry boats in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.13/20
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Tourists push their floating luggage in a flooded St. Mark's Square, in Venice, Wednesday.14/20
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People wade through water in a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.15/20
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Workers clean up after high waters flooded the interior of St. Mark's Basilica, in Venice, Wednesday. The mayor of Venice is blaming climate change for flooding in the historic canal city that has reached the second-highest levels ever recorded, as another exceptional water level was recorded Wednesday.16/20
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A man cleans water out of the historical Florian cafe, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.17/20
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Stranded gondolas float adrift over the flooded banks, in Venice, Wednesday.18/20
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Sketches and drawings are lined up to dry up outside an art store following a flooding in Venice, Italy, Thursday. The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years has prompted calls to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damage. The water reached 1.87 meters above sea level Tuesday, the second-highest level ever recorded in the city.19/20
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A woman jumps over a puddle during cleaning following a flooding in Venice, Italy, Thursday.20/20
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Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, center, flanked by Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro, left, and MP Renato Brunetta, wades through water in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Thursday.
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