Art World In Pictures: Here’s What the Historic Flooding in Venice Looks Like. The crypt of St. Mark's Basilica was flooded for the second time in history, as waters overflowed defenses and came ...

The exceptionally high tides, known as acqua alta in Italian, have flooded more than 85 percent of the lagoon city, taken an elderly man's life, and threatens delicate works of art located in ...

Images of the flooded St Mark’s Basilica in Venice have shocked many across the world this week. Now, city officials and experts are assessing long-term damages.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The historic lagoon city of Venice exists on the edge of a double threat: As it sinks, the seas rise. That reality became more stark this week when Venice was hit with its ...

Venice Floods Threaten Priceless Art And History, Submerge 70% Of City According to experts, it's a sobering preview of how climate change, accelerated by human behavior (and exacerbated by ...

The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damages.

Flooding in Venice is not merely an inexpensive inconvenience. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, Venice is home to priceless works of art by such Italian Renaissance masters as ...

Venice has experienced some of the worst flooding in its history this week, with flood levels of over 6 feet submerging the city’s most revered and trafficked historical sites.High tides have ...

Venice is reeling from historic floods. And the systems designed to prevent this kind of damage aren’t completed, and may not work anyway. Venice Is The Latest Victim Of Historic Flooding From ...

Images of the flooded St Mark’s Basilica in Venice have shocked many across the world this week. Now, city officials and experts are assessing long-term damages.

VENICE, Italy — The historic lagoon city of Venice exists on the edge of a double threat: As it sinks, the seas rise. That reality became more stark this week when Venice was hit with its worst ...

Images of the flooded St Mark’s Basilica in Venice have shocked many across the world this week. Now, city officials and experts are assessing long-term damages.