Acqua Alta
ABOVE: Plastic boots for sale in the Piazza
San Marco.
Related Web links
City
of Venice: Acqua Alta (High Tide)
This page from the Comune di Venezia offers more insights into the
acqua alta phenomenon. Also see the local tourist board's Acqua Alta
information page, which tells where to phone or look for warnings of high
tides or floods if you'd rather not wait for the sirens.
SAL.VE
Safeguarding of the Lagoon of Venice has information on
what the city and the Italian government are doing (or talking about doing) to
protect the city, the laguna, and the local ecosystem from subsidence and
rising water levels.
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Alta Acqua photos: Oct. 31
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