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Some years ago, I spent a short vacation in Italy and, while I was there, I took the opportunity to visit the world-famous city of Venice. This city is very

Centimeters. so this area is already flooding. it's actually hard to tell the sidewalk from the channel here. if you look over this way, well, it's almost impossible to differentiate where the sidewalk ends and where the canal starts. i spoke with the mayor yesterday, who said 30 years ago they said that the sea levels would rise, and he didn't believe them. he didn't believe in climate change then. now he says it is impossible not to see the effects. st. marks basilica, we got a tour in there. they actually held one church service last night. today they are battening down the hatches for more...

Engulfed some 85% of the streets and buildings in venice damaging huge parts of the city, soaking many of the most valuable cultural and historical sites including st. mark's basilica. forecasters say tides of more than 4 feet could still hit venice in the next few days. it is the cultural and financial center of the united states and also a big target for terrorists. on tomorrow's brand gnaw episode of "this is life" lisa ling embeds with the nypd to find out what it takes to keep the city safe. >> reporter: for everyone who sees something and says something, calls are routed to a quiet, cubi...

Penn what causes it, storm systems moving across the adriatics and the combination of a full moon which increases the tidal swings across the planet. now, look at the storm system that's moving across the met terrainan right now, setting up for another influence on our tidal swings and nothing compared to what happened on tuesday. st. mark's basilica has only seen flooding in the last 1200 years, but four events have occurred in the last decade. and i'm going to end this broadcast with this. this is coming from some of the council chambers out of venice. some of the governmental facilities. th...

An exceptional tidal event. but that was nothing compared to like what scott said what happened on tuesday where they.second highest flooding even ever in the city of venice. the lagoon city. the tidal chart, bear with me, fluctuates with the daily tides. you can see the high tides, one taking praie ing place in venic morning. and another two, that being sunday. he did a great job of the cause and effect. a full moon, that impacts the tidal plans across the planet. and then the adriatic, all thanks to the storm systems across the region. guess what, the latest weather map shows another colt fr...