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Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice

By Associated Press
Monday, December 1, 2008 -
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VENICE, Italy - Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it.

Residents and tourists waded through knee-deep water Monday as they navigated the city’s narrow streets and alleys, and its historic St. Mark’s Square was inundated. Boxes of tourist merchandise floated inside the flooded shops around the square and even the city’s famed pigeons sought refuge on rooftops and windowsills.

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No mention of global warming?
 
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