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#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/16/2012 #3

Venice, Italy • A tourist sits outside a cafe in St. Mark’s Square as high tides flood parts of Venice.
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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/25/2013 #4

Venice, Italy • People use a catwalk in flooded San Mark’s Square. Tides were reportedly forty inches above average on Thursday, causing flooding in the lower parts of Venice.
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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/08/2013 #5

Tourists carrying luggage walk barefoot through flood water in St. Mark’s Square, in downtown Venice, Italy, on October 7th, 2013. Reports state that the water has reached 98 cm above sea level.
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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/06/2013 #4

A couple have fun in Saint Mark’s Square during today’s Acqua Alta on Nov. 5th, 2013 in Venice, Italy. The high tide, or acqua alta as it is locally known, is a natural event most commonly affecting the city during Autumn and Winter.
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#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/09/2014 #1

Rowers take part in the Vogalonga, or Long Row, in the Venice lagoon, Sunday. The annual boating event features a 30 km (18.6 miles) course starting at St. Mark’s Square.
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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/01/2015 #3

Masked revelers walk on raised platforms above flood waters during a period of seasonal high water and on the first day of carnival, in Venice, Sunday.
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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/08/2015 #1

A man poses in a flooded St. Mark’s Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Friday.
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#8 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 02/22/2015 #2

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/26/2015 #1

Rowers arrive in the Grand Canal to take part in the Vogalonga, or Long Row, in the Venice lagoon in Italy Sunday. The annual boating event features a 30 km (18.6 mile) course starting at St. Mark’s Square.
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#10 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/25/2016 #2

Boats sail during the water parade, part of the Venice Carnival, in Venice, Italy, Sunday. The Venice carnival in the historical lagoon city attracts people from around the world.
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#11 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/17/2016 #3

Rowers enter in Canaregio River during the 42nd Venice Vogalonga, May 15th, 2016 in Venice, Italy. Forty-two years ago a group of Venetians, both amateur and professional rowers, came up with an idea of non-competitive race in which any kind of rowing boat can take part. The 1st Vogalonga began with the message to protest against the growing use of powerboats in Venice and the swell damage they do to the historic city.
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#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/21/2019 #1

Venetians row during the masquerade parade on the Grand Canal during the Carnival in Venice, Italy.
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#13 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/10/2019 #3

Venice, Italy • Rowers arrive in the Grand Canal to take part in the Vogalonga regatta in the Venetian Lagoon.
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#14 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/14/2019 #2

Tourists push their luggage in a flooded St. Mark’s Square, in Venice.
I can’t imagine those suitcases are watertight. Soggy clothes. #VeniceItaly

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#15 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/25/2019 #3

A man carries a woman on his back through the flooded St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy. Venice declared a state of emergency Wednesday after floods, known locally as “Aqua Alta”, swept through the lagoon city, flooding its historic basilica, inundating squares and tearing through centuries old buildings.
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#16 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/24/2019 #3

Venice, Italy • The tide rose to almost five ft. near the Rialto Bridge, forcing people to wade through inundated streets. The city faces further wet weather as it battles to recover from floods.
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#17 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/25/2019 #1

A man dressed as Santa Claus wades through floodwater in St. Mark’s Square during high tide in Venice, Italy.
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#18 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/13/2020 #2

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#19 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/12/2021 #16

In 2019, Venice saw its worst flooding in more than fifty years, with the water reaching 6.14 feet above average sea level; damage was estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. #VeniceItaly
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#20 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/02/2022 #17

In 2019, a cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal, injuring five people and renewing demands that cruise ships be kept out of the Italian city’s lagoon. #VeniceItaly
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#21 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 08/04/2024 #3

Tourist walk in Saint Marks Square on the day Venice municipality introduces a limit for tourist groups to 25 people to protect the fragile lagoon city and reduce the pressure of mass tourism in Venice, Italy.
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#22 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/08/2026 #1

Venice, Italy • Revellers row sail their decorated boats on the Grand Canal during the city’s traditional carnival parade.
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MjL

Not a sail in sight.

Michael T.

Heh!

MjL

Good catch; I corrected the caption.

MjL