Flooding in Venice

Tourists in Venice swap gondolas for wellington boots and swimming costumes as heavy rain floods The Floating City Seventy per cent of central Venice was under water yesterday after rainfall and seas whipped up by strong winds brought the Italian city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began in 1872. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2231703/Flooding-Venice-Tourists-swap-gondolas-wellington-boots-heavy-rain-hits.html?ito=feeds-newsxml