VENICE: Italy was poised to declare a state of emergency for Venice Tuesday after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city. Tourists larked around in the flooded St Mark’s Square in the sunshine, snapping selfies in their neon plastic boots and taking advantage of a respite in bad weather which has driven the high tides. People wearing waterproof shoe covers walk across the flooded St. Mark's Square, with St. Mark's Basilica (rear) in Venice. A view of the flooded St. Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice. An employee of a take-away food shop mops the floors while talking on the phone in an arcade of the flooded St. Mark's Square.

Source: New Strait Times November 14, 2019 13:45 UTC