Millions of tourists flock to Venice every year and the city is overrun with cruise ships and their passengers.

Tourists flooded roads and bridges for the opening weekend of the Carnival in Venice, Italy just weeks before the historical city imposed its controversial entry fee to curb tourism.

The system of 78 flood gates, known as Mose, guard the entrance to the Venetian lagoon and are designed to protect the city from tides of up to 3m. Venice was underwater on Tuesday as heavy rain ...

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Several campuses of the University of Florence were also shut. The city also saw the closure of museums, cinemas, and ...

Thunderstorms packing torrential rains triggered flooding across a number of Italian cities, disrupting flights and forcing ...

Heavy rains has hit the northern Italian regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, pushing the main rivers in the regions above alert levels for floodings.

"Acqua Alta" is also used to describe Venice’s frequent flooding, and that is where the name of the shop comes from. Its owner, Luigi Frizzo, opened it in 2004 after travelling the world.

VENICE, Fla. (WFLA ... In addition, they’re adding glass flood panels on top of the seawall. Those panels are nearly four feet tall, effectively raising the height of the seawall, without ...