Venice mayor blames climate change for major floods, highest tide in 50 years

The climate change triggered flood was"a wound that will leave a permanent mark", he said.At the sumptuous Gritti Palace, which has played host to royals and celebrities over the decades, including Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the decadent bar was largely underwater.

Since 2003, a massive infrastructure project has been underway to protect the city, but it has been plagued by cost overruns, scandals and delays. St Mark's Square is particularly affected by the high tides, as it is located in one of the lowest parts of the city. Pierpaolo Campostrini, a member of St Mark's council, said the scale of the flooding on Tuesday had only been seen five times in the long history of the basilica, where construction began in 828 and which was rebuilt after a fire in 1063.

Rising sea levels ... must be the sun’s magnetic fields acting up again

ItsBouquet Clearly the Mayor of Venice knows more than 🇦🇺 political leaders Who seem to be unable to address WhyIsItSo in the real world as made famous by JuliusSummerMiller who was on TV in 🇦🇺 between 1963-86 and probably watched by the current crop of parliamentary members

Rubbish.

If it’s the worst in 50years than was it climate change 50years ago 🧐

So there was climate change 50 yrs ago?

SteveRezdo Now wait a minute, it does say in 50 years. so that means it has happened before.

Dam you moon 🌑

You do know Venice is subsiding? It was built in a swamp.....mud.... to be impregnable from attack. It lasted over 600 years. Excellent. Not a ClimateEmergency

SBS deleted a story from a few years back saying that bushfires in Australia had nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with bad Bush management. Didn't you, SBS?

This is no time to be talking about this, ah ScottMorrisonMP

So not even highest on record . Ok , sounds like fake news .

50 years is an extremely short time in Venice's history, given the city has a 2400 year history. Do you have any more detailed data, you know going back maybe even 200 years?

And what was the culprit 50 years ago? 😎

So the higher tide in 1966 was a result of

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