Venetians woke Wednesday to devastating scenes after the highest tide in 50 years washed through the historic Italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels and sending tourists fleeing through rapidly rising waters. "The city is on its knees," Venice's mayor Luigi Brugnaro said in an
1 / 5Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said Venice was 'on its knees'Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said Venice was 'on its knees' Venice - Venetians woke Wednesday to devastating scenes after the highest tide in 50 years washed through the historic Italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels and sending tourists fleeing through rapidly rising waters.
"There's widespread devastation," he said in the famed St. Mark's Square, which bore the brunt of the flooding. "It was unbelievable, the water rose so quickly," said resident Tiziano Collarin, 59, as he surveyed the damage. Around 150 fire fighters were deployed to rescue people stranded on jetties and to recover boats broken free from their moorings.
A massive infrastructure project called MOSE has been underway since 2003 to protect the city, but it has been plagued by cost overruns, corruption scandals and delays.
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