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Customers stand in flood waters in a pastry shop in Venice December 1, 2008.
Tourists and residents struggled to get across the city over raised walkways. The
Centro Maree, which forecasts water levels, said sea levels in the Adriatic rose
1.56 meters
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Duncan Zuur of the Netherlands rides a wakeboard along a canal next to flooded
St. Mark's square in Venice, Italy on December 2, 2008 |
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A woman walks through floodwaters on Piazza San Marco during floods on December
1, 2008 in Venezia |
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People walk on Piazza San Marco for the second day under water on December
2, 2008 in Venice |
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People wade through high water near a canal bridge in Venice, Italy, Monday,
Dec. 1, 2008 |
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A view of Piazza San Marco and the Doge's Palace (right) taken during floods
on December 1, 2008 in Venice, Italy |
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People wade past gondolas in Venice on December 1, 2008 |
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A postman carries envelopes through flood waters in Venice December 1, 2008 |
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Men share a drink on a flooded plaza near the Rialto bridge on December 1,
2008 in Venice |
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A view of a flooded Piazza San Marco, with St. Mark's Basilica in the background,
in Venice, northern Italy |
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People walk on a flooded oceanside walkway of Venice on December 1, 2008 |
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Women sit on a table while water rises in their shoe shop during floods on
December 1, 2008 in Venice |
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Tourists wade through flood waters in a shopping district of Venice, Italy on December
1, 2008
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A man walks on a flooded quay of Venice on December 1, 2008 |
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A man stands on a boat at Piazza San Marco during floods on December 1, 2008 in
Venice
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A view of a flooded dock area of Venice on December 1, 2008 |
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People walk on a flooded quay of the Grand canal of Venice on December 1,
2008 |
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A view of the flooded Piazza San Marco on December 1, 2008 in Venice |
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A man wades through the Piazza San Marco during floods on December 1, 2008
in Venice |
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A gondola passes through flood waters near Rialto Bridge on December 2, 2008
in Venice, Italy |
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Shopkeepers block the entrance of their shop with a wood panel as water rises
in the streets of Venice on December 1, 2008 |
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Tourists walk across on boards used to create walkways over the high water
in the flooded Piazza San Marco on December 2, 2008 in Venice, Italy. |
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A woman waits for a boat during floods on December 1, 2008 in Venice. Authorities
in the Italian city of Venice issued a flood alert, warning that the sea was due
to rise 1.60 meters above its normal level, the highest for 30 years. Nearly all
the streets of the city, including the central tourist district were already under
water by mid-morning with the famous Piazza San Marco by 80 centimeters
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Duncan Zuur of the Netherlands rides a wakeboard across flooded Piazza San
Marco in Venice, December 2, 2008 |
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Tourists take photos of each other in the flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice
December 1, 2008. Large parts of Venice were flooded on Monday as heavy rains and
strong winds lashed the lagoon city, with sea levels at their highest level in 22
years. Ferry and water taxi services in the city were suspended and Venice's mayor
urged people to stay indoors. Tourists and residents struggled to get across the
city over raised walkways |