The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels. The water caused hundreds of millions of euros in damage and was blamed for one death.
People wade through water in a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. The high-water mark hit 187 centimeters late Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, meaning more than 85% of the city was flooded. The highest level ever recorded was 194 centimeters during infamous flooding in 1966.
In Venice, the crypt beneath St. Mark’s Basilica was inundated for only the second time in its history. Damage was also reported at the Ca’ Pesaro modern art gallery, where a short circuit set off a fire, and at La Fenice theater, where authorities turned off electricity as a precaution after the control room was flooded.
Brugnaro said damage would reach hundreds of millions of euros, and he called on Rome to declare a state of emergency. Damage included five ferries that serve as water buses, a critical means of transportation. Photos on social media also showed taxi boats and gondolas grounded on walkways flanking canals.
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