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Flooding in Venice put three-quarters of the city underwater

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Carla Sinclair
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Venice, Italy was hit with a storm that put three-quarters of the city under water.

Although flooding is common in Venice, they haven't experienced flooding to this degree since 2008, according to CBS. The water level rose to five feet before receding. These videos show the magnitude of the flood.

Worst flood in 22 years. 70% covered in water #venice #flood #Water #nocomments pic.twitter.com/yeDSWrqPRA

- Dimitriy K (@dixkom) October 29, 2018

#Venice #Murano today....aTM #MyVenice #MyCity #AcquaAlta #HighTide pic.twitter.com/UikyWY0sUB

- IamA (Andy) (@marzofmine) October 29, 2018

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