Venice '85% flooded' after storm tides

Another surge is expected to cause further damage today (13 November) as tourist sites across the destination lie flooded.

The lagoon city’s flood level reached its second-highest measurement of all time – 1.87 metres – last night amid heavy rainfall.

Two people have reportedly been killed as a result of the flooding with an elderly man electrocuted in his home on the island of Pellestrina, while the body of another man was also found in the area.

More than 85% of the city was flooded on Tuesday night. The highest level recorded was 1.98m in 1966. A further wave is expected to reach 1.60m today.

Mayor Luigi Brugnaro blamed climate change for the “dramatic situation” his city has found itself in, adding the extreme flooding was “a wound that will leave indelible signs”.