{"id":11818,"date":"2019-11-16T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=11818"},"modified":"2019-11-16T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:02:03","slug":"flooded-venice-hit-by-new-5th-tidal-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/11818","title":{"rendered":"Flooded Venice Hit by New 5th Tidal Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flooded Venice has been hit by a new high tide of 154cm (5ft), giving residents no respite from a crisis costing Italy millions of euros.<\/p>\n<p>Tourist magnet St Mark&#8217;s Square has been forced to close and schools are shut for a third consecutive day. The canal city&#8217;s famous waterbuses &#8211; the vaporetti &#8211; are not running.<\/p>\n<p>The 187cm peak on Tuesday was the highest level in more than 50 years, damaging monuments, shops and homes. 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dating back to the 11th Century &#8211; was hit by the flood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Residents with flood-damaged homes will get up to \u20ac5,000 (\u00a34,300; $5,500), and businesses up to \u20ac20,000 in compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who visited Venice on Wednesday, said: &#8220;It hurts to see the city so damaged, its artistic heritage compromised, its commercial activities on its knees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the population is relatively small with around 50,000 residents, it has about 20 million visitors annually.<\/p>\n<p>Hotels were forced to cancel reservations, some reportedly as far ahead as December, as photos of Venice underwater spread across the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11821\" style=\"width: 976px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/109679922_venwelliesepa15nov19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/109679922_venwelliesepa15nov19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/109679922_venwelliesepa15nov19.jpg 976w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/109679922_venwelliesepa15nov19-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/109679922_venwelliesepa15nov19-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/109679922_venwelliesepa15nov19-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wellington boots are now essential footwear in Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The tides have been worsened by sirocco winds blowing from Africa, and there are fears that global warming is increasing the frequency and severity of such floods.<\/p>\n<p>Waters are expected to recede over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The government says\u00a0 Venice&#8217;s elaborate flood defence system \u00a0will not be operational until 2021 &#8211; 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