World Flood-hit Venice to face another exceptional high tide on Sunday

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Tourists walk in St. Mark’s Square after days of severe flooding in Venice

Venice will face another exceptional high tide on Sunday, after its worst flooding in 50 years on Tuesday caused more than $1 billion worth of damage and submerged St Mark's Square under a meter of water.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Italian police officers patrol St. Mark’s Square after days of flooding in Venice

The tide could reach 160 cm (5.25 feet) just after midday on Sunday, according to Venice's center for forecast on tides.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI A seagull eats a pigeons in St. Mark’s Square after days of severe flooding in Venice

"It will be a tough day tomorrow, but we are ready," Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said on Saturday during a press conference.

Climate change, corruption blamed for Venice flood devastation

Much of Venice was underwater on Wednesday after the highest tide in 50 years ripped through the historic Italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels and sending tourists fleeing through rapidly rising waters. Officials blamed climate change while shopkeepers on the Grand Canal raged against those who have failed to protect the UNESCO city from the high tide.

MILAN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Venice will face another exceptional high tide on Sunday , after its worst flooding in 50 years on Tuesday caused more than billion worth of damage and submerged St Mark's Square under a metre of water. The tide could reach 160 cm (5.25 feet) just after midday on

VENICE —Reeling from devastating floods this week, Venice suffered another exceptional high tide on Nov. The city’s center for tide forecasts had warned the tide could reach 160 cm on Sunday and the high mark hit at 12:10 p.m. GMT was not far short of that.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Gianluigi Donnarumma, football player of the Italian national team, walks in St. Mark’s Square after days of severe flooding in Venice

On Tuesday the tide peaked at 187 cm (6.14 ft) at 10.50 p.m. (2150 GMT), just short of the record 194 cm set in 1966. In normal conditions, tides of 80-90 cm are generally seen as high but manageable.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese walks on a platform in St. Mark’s Square after days of severe flooding in Venice

Brugnaro, who has been appointed the special commissioner to deal with the emergency, on Saturday said he had received offers of support from the European Union, and that the European Investment Bank (EIB) could grant special loans for repairs.

Italy to declare state of emergency in Venice after flood

Italy was poised to declare a state of emergency for Venice Tuesday after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city. Tourists larked around in the flooded St Mark's Square in the sunshine, snapping selfies in their neon plastic boots and taking advantage of a respite in bad weather which has driven the high tides. require(["inlineoutstreamAd", "c.

MILAN (Reuters) - Venice will face another exceptional high tide on Sunday , after its worst flooding in 50 years on Tuesday caused more than billion worth of damage and submerged St Mark's Square under a metre of water. The tide could reach 160 cm (5.25 feet) just after midday on Sunday

Venice [Italy], Nov 17 (ANI): Flood - hit Venice is expected to face another exceptional high tide that could reach 160 cm just after midday on Sunday , Venice 's centre for forecast on tides has said.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Tourist stands in St. Mark’s Square after days of severe flooding in Venice

The mayor confirmed a damage estimate of around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion). ($AU1.6 billon) The government declared a state of emergency for Venice on Thursday, allocating 20 million euros to address the immediate damage.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Volunteers save manuscripts from the music conservatory Benedetto Marcello after severe flooding in Venice

Speaking at the same press conference, the official supervising art works and historic buildings Emanuela Carpani said half the city's 120 churches had been flooded with salt water on Tuesday, damaging some mosaic floors.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Volunteers save manuscripts from the music conservatory Benedetto Marcello after severe flooding in Venice

"Water is a cancer whose damages emerge after months," Carpani said, adding that the first repairs to these churches could cost 3.6 million euros.

Venice floods threaten priceless artwork and history — and a unique way of life

“The threat is if Venice becomes uninhabitable by normal humans beings."“This is certainly the moment to draw attention not to the cats of Venice but to its buildings, which are slowly but surely disintegrating,” the reader wrote. “Once the ‘pearl of the Adriatic,’ undoubtedly one of the wonders of the world, stucco is now peeling off its palaces.

MILAN - Venice will face another exceptional high tide on Sunday , after its worst flooding in 50 years on Tuesday caused more than billion worth of damage and submerged St Mark's Square under a meter of water.

Another exceptional high tide swamped Venice on Sunday , causing the tourist hotspot of St. Mark's Square to be closed due to the high water as the Italian city marked the worst week of flooding since records started officially being kept. Venice 's Tide Office said the peak tide of nearly 5 feet hit just

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Volunteers save manuscripts from the music conservatory Benedetto Marcello after severe flooding in Venice

On Tuesday Saint Mark's Basilica was flooded for the sixth time in 1,200 years, but the fourth in the last 20.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI A man clears away damage caused by days of severe flooding in Venice

With three tides above 140 cm this week, 2019 will be the worst year for high tides in Venice since 1872, when official tide statistics were first produced.

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Waste from flooded households piled in the street caused by days of severe flooding in Venice

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI A worker clears away damage caused by days of severe flooding in Venice

© Reuters/MANUEL SILVESTRI Volunteers save manuscripts from the music conservatory Benedetto Marcello after severe flooding in Venice