This has made high tides, or Acqua Alta ... Artesian wells were used to get fresh water in Venice. But, they made the city ...

Venice's latest “acqua alta”, or high water, hit 150cm on Sunday, lower than Tuesday's 187cm - the highest level in half a century - but still dangerous. “The water has stopped rising ...

Although acqua alta (high water) can occur anytime between late ... mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Venice empties out in fall after the summertime high season, which ...

Venice has been inundated by an exceptional high tide which put roughly three-quarters of the historic city under water. The tide rose to around 156 centimeters above sea level. See the images of ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When confronted with the limits of the known world, a 16th-century European cartographer inscribed the warning “Here ...