Unusual high water in Venice - tourists are caught while Swimming in the channel

once Again, the historical old town of Venice is under water. The high water rose in the night to Friday to 116 inches above the normal sea level, the municipal

Unusual high water in Venice - tourists are caught while Swimming in the channel

once Again, the historical old town of Venice is under water. The high water rose in the night to Friday to 116 inches above the normal sea level, the municipality informed. The St. mark's square was under water, he is, in fact, the lowest point in Venice.

high water in Venice, especially in the autumn and Winter usual, but in June it might be time. The water flooded most recently in June 2016 and 2002 of parts of the world-famous Unesco town. Last November, a flood devastating damage that had been done. At that time, the water level is 187 inches above normal zero.

The tourism in Venice has come because of the Corona-crisis to a complete Halt, slowly at first, the first visitors to return. Since the 3. June allowed to enter EU citizens back to Italy.

Venice-visitors to jump into the Grand Canal for Swimming

And two visitors - probably German - headlines were this week according to the Italian media in the Grand Canal, jumped in and under the Rialto bridge, swam made. This is forbidden and will be punished with high penalties.

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mayor Luigi Brugnaro was already 31 am. May, before the Italian borders opened, many German tourists are counted. "Along with a bunch of other people, incredibly, arrived, up to 200 German. Don't ask me how they managed that, but they are here. The German holds none," he said in a TV Interview.

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Date Of Update: 05 June 2020, 11:26
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