City officials said the tide peaked at 187 centimetres at 10.50pm local time on Tuesday, just short of the record 194 cm set in 1966.
St Mark's Square was submerged by more than one metre of water, while the adjacent St Mark's Basilica was flooded for the sixth time in 1200 years – but the fourth in the last 20. Brugnaro said the basilica had suffered "grave damage", but no details were available on the state of its mainly Byzantine interior, famous for its rich mosaics.
"Venice is on its knees.. the art, the basilica, the shops and the homes, a disaster.. The city is bracing itself for the next high tide," Zaia said on TV.A woman stands on a temporary catwalk, right, to take pictures of Venice's second highest tide on record.On Wednesday morning local time, the tide level fell to 145 cm but was expected to rise back to 160 cm during the day.
And they’re off.....
What year was the highest tide
So what caused the highest? Oh that's right, the fucking moon.
And climate change caused an even higher one of 1966?
Isn't Venice sinking as well? Shudda kept those drains clean.!
Who cares what the mayor blames, what do the climatologists say?
The up side is the tourists won’t be overcharged for ice cream.
Yeah, blame everything on climate change. Soon too much chilli or salt in soups will be blamed on climate change
Is there a woman out there that's found a connection between the high tides and domestic violence?
Do not tell Australia government
I knew it, Trump is controlling the moon!
Yeah must be that
Must have been crazy climate change in 1966 when highest tide occurred.
Venice has been sinking for centuries. So climate has been changing for centuries and centuries to come.
Venice Mayor should know it's a Tidal Surge not Climate change.
When was the highest?
And SMH , what did it blame in 1966 ? Surely not climate change back then ?
Stop the the ships and tourists before it's to late.
Ban the cruise ships... displacing all that water 🤣
More fake news from smh.
😂😂🤪🤪
They had worse flood 50 years ago! So why is climate change being used as an excuse for this flood
Climate change blamed for medieval city that’s been slowly sinking for centuries. Climate scam now unraveling! Media devoid of critical ability.
Quoting nyunggai its a classic 'I wonder what caused the highest'.
Yes,.. the climate has been changing for 4.5 billion years and is not likely to stop in the future .
Twaddle.
Easily solved: thoughts and prayers
He’s just the mayor, how the hell would he know ? He is looking for someone other than himself to blame for poor management of a sinking city
Venice has always been sinking. Convenient to blame others.
margo694 Quick get the LNP over there to shut that mayor down. Its clearly caused by a lack of drainage clearing. Now is not the time to play game, anyway we all know that the moon reflecting space rays is causing climate change.
What did he blame for the highest?
When was the highest?
Oh come on now, Venice is always flooding, everyone knows about the tides and how they affect the city.
I’m more interested why the “multi-billion euro project, known as Mose, has been plagued by corruption scandals and is still not operative.”......it’s supposed to protect the city. Yet the fool blames climate change.
So, not a new event then?
king tides over here since noah was a boy.. must be climate change 🤷♂️
The cult is hissing.
Second highest? So there was a higher one before all this ClimateChangeHoax ?
Hmm?
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