Venice was hit with its highest tide in 50 years on Tuesday, killing at least one person and causing flooding that could ... were waves as if we were at the beach.” Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro ...

It's part of a $3 million project, half of which is funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The glass ...

Venice Keeps Flooding. Here’s How an Engineer Would Solve It. Venice spent about $6 billion on a mobile floodgate system that can block high tides from inundating the city.

Many home buyers in Florida probably don’t think much about flood threats unless they’re shopping on coastline exposed to ...

The Associated Press / A woman sits in a chair in a flooded St. Mark’s Square, in Venice, on Wednesday. The high-water mark hit 74 inches late Tuesday, meaning more than 85% of the city was flooded.

Autumn to spring marks flooding season in Venice, or "acqua alta" - a period of exceptionally high tides in the Adriatic Sea. In 2003, Italy began building a massive flood barrier designed to ...