Nov 12, 2012 — Even for a city prone to flooding, this episode was particularly bad, marking the sixth-highest flood in 150 years.
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People sit at the table of a bar in a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy on Sunday. (AP)
VIDEO: Venice Floods, But It Doesn't Stop The Tourists
by Eyder Peralta
Nov 12, 2012 — Even for a city prone to flooding, this episode was particularly bad, marking the sixth-highest flood in 150 years.In a city so used to flooding, life doesn't stop when the water's knee-deep.
That's why the wires have been moving images of tourists still wading through Venice's picturesque streets. In one picture, a pair of tourists are seen receiving their order in a flooded restaurant.
Now, as the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang reports, this is no ordinary flood, or acqua alta. Seventy-percent of central Venice is flooded and this is the "sixth-highest level since 1872 as strong winds funneled water up the Adriatic Sea."
This video from the Associated Press tells the story:
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