Italy declares state of emergency for flooded Venice
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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.ANDREA MEROLA / ANSA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People stand inside a flooded cafe' on the occasion of a high tide, in Venice, Italy, Tuesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A photographer takes pictures in a flooded St. Mark's Square, in Venice, Italy, Tuesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk on catwalk on the occasion of a high tide, in a flooded Venice, Italy, Tuesday.ANDREA MEROLA / ANSA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man looks at a stranded taxi boat lying on its side in a alley in Venice, early Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parts of a dock lie damaged, in Venice, Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parts of a dock lie damaged, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A stranded ferry boat lies on its side, in Venice, Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Partially submerged ferry boats in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tourists push their floating luggage in a flooded St. Mark's Square, in Venice, Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People wade through water in a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.ANDREA MEROLA / ANSA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.ANDREA MEROLA / ANSA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man cleans water out of the historical Florian cafe, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Stranded gondolas float adrift over the flooded banks, in Venice, Wednesday.ANDREA MEROLA / ANSA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.ANDREA MEROLA / ANSA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman jumps over a puddle during cleaning following a flooding in Venice, Italy, Thursday.ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.