Venice: Venice has seen another exceptional tide in a season that is setting records, with stores and museums closed on Sunday in the hardest-hit area around St Mark's Square.
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| A Venetian bar on Sunday as water levels rise again. |
Tourists who had donned rubber boots to photograph the spectacle were disappointed when officials closed down the historic square as winds rippled across the rising waters.
The doors of St Mark's Basilica were shut to the public as officials stacked sandbags in canal-side windows to stop water entering the crypt again.
Venice's Tide Office said the peak tide of 1.5 metres hit just after 1pm local time, as a weather front off the coast blocked southerly winds from the Adriatic Sea from pushing the tide to the predicted level of 1.6 metres.
Read the story from The Age by Colleen Barry and Luco Bruno - “Venice under water again as third record tide floods the city.”
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