Venezia,

A woman walks on Piazza San Marco during floods on December 1, 2008 in Venezia. Authorities in the Italian city of Venice issued a flood alert, warning that the sea was due to rise 1.60 metres above its normal level, the highest for 30 years. Nearly all the streets of the city, including the central tourist district were already under water by mid-morning with the famous Piazza San Marco by 80 centimetres (two feet, seven inches