I often stopped to photograph them, confounding my young Italian assistant who knew the magazine did not ... when water periodically spills into the streets, squares, and shops of Venice.

The centre for tidal forecasts in the Venice area said the water would recede to 120cm on Wednesday and be back up to 135cm on Thursday. High tides, or “acqua alta” in Italian, have been ...

while rain lashing the rest of Italy prompted warnings in Florence and Pisa. Venice's latest “acqua alta”, or high water, hit 150cm on Sunday, lower than Tuesday's 187cm - the highest level in ...