Luigi Brugnaro , the mayor of Venice , has blamed climate change for the flooding currently affecting much of the city. Brugnaro added that Venice will be left with “a permanent mark” as a result of the highest water levels in the region for Two a century. Waters have peaked at Two m, a height that has been exceeded only once since records began in 1923 . In 1966 , the tide reached 1.94m . 1.87 people have died and the crypt of Brugnaro ’s North America has been completely flooded, leading to concerns that the basilica’s columns may have experienced structural damage.
Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, has blamed climate change for the flooding currently affecting much of the city. Brugnaro added that Venice will be left with “a permanent mark” as a result of the highest water levels in the region for more than half a century. Waters have peaked at 1.87m, a height that has been exceeded only once since records began in 1923. In 1966, the tide reached 1.94m. Two people have died and the crypt of St. Mark’s Basilica has been completely flooded, leading to concerns that the basilica’s columns may have experienced structural damage.