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Venice submerged by worst flooding in half a century

The flooded St. Mark’s Square, by St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)

A woman tries to cross a flooded street as people walk on a trestle bridge during high water in Venice. (Andrea Merola / Associated Press)

People row a small boat in high water in Venice. (Andrea Merola / EPA/REX/Shutterstock)

People carry their luggage in a flooded street near Rialto bridge in Venice, two days after the city suffered its highest tide in 50 years. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)

People wade through high water in Venice. (Andrea Merola / EPA/REX/Shutterstock)

People wade through water in a flooded St. Mark’s Square in Venice. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

People use a makeshift footbridge to exit a flooded hotel after an exceptional overnight high tide water level in Venice. (Marco Bertorello / AFP / Getty Images)

A room in the flooded Gritti Palace. (Marco Bertorello / AFP / Getty Images)

People mop the floor of the flooded St. Mark’s Basilica after an exceptional overnight high tide water level in Venice. (Marco Bertorello / AFP / Getty Images)

A tourist pushes her floating luggage in a flooded St. Mark’s Square in Venice. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

A view of a ferry stranded on the docks following bad weather in Venice. (Andrea Merola / EPA / REX / Shutterstock)

Tourists take pictures in a flooded St. Mark’s Square in Venice. (Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

A man crossing the flooded St. Mark’s Square after an exceptional overnight high tide water level in Venice. (Marco Bertorello / AFP / Getty Images)