ROME -- Italy's government is set to declare a state of emergency in flood-ravaged Venice, to swiftly secure the historic city funds to repair damage from the highest tide in 50 years. Prime Minister ...

Venice is in a state of emergency as the Italian city deals with the aftermath of one of the worst floods in its history. Late on Tuesday (Nov. 12), high tides from the surrounding lagoon surged onto ...

VENICE – Consultants told the Venice City Council that none of their solutions for persistent flooding of a beachfront drainage ditch would have averted the catastrophic storm surge flooding caused by ...

Venice hired Coastal Protection Engineering to study and address persistent flooding at Flamingo Ditch. The consultant will present options to the Venice City Council on June 30th. Potential solutions ...

Venice sought to return to normal life on Monday after a week of unprecedented flooding that devastated the city, submerging homes, business and cultural treasures. The wave of bad weather that struck ...

Discover the alarming shift in Venice’s water levels and the devastating impact of the 2019 floods in this in-depth video. Learn how the frequency of high tides in Venice has rapidly increased, ...

Locals are still waiting on a 2003 dam project to help with the floods. Venice was built to survive flooding. Standing on St Mark’s square just before midnight, and the next high tide, we watched as ...

Venice and Charleston have much in common. Both are surrounded by water. Both are low-lying and experience regular flooding. Both rely on a tourist economy.

Venice is reeling from historic floods. And the systems designed to prevent this kind of damage aren’t completed, and may not work anyway. Rafael Bras, provost at the Georgia Institute of Technology ( ...