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Acqua Alta

High Tides and Flooding in Venice
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Dorsoduro photo

October 31: Dorsoduro

Wanting to avoid the flooded Zattere, we headed inland, only to discover that most streets were already deeply flooded. (We subsequently learned that the acqua alta had risen 29 cm, or nearly a foot, in the hour from 9 to 10 a.m.)

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Acqua Alta - Introduction

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