Floods sweep the city of Venice .. And losses in millions

Venice is battling flooding in Italy's highest tsunami in 50 years, sinking a number of landmarks such as St. Mark's Square, one of the lowest in the city.

The water level reached 1.87 meters above sea level, the second highest level ever recorded in the city and 7 cm below the historic 1966 flood.

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The city's mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, estimated the losses at “hundreds of millions of euros” and said on his Twitter account that “the gun is sinking to its knees.”