Venice floods: City under water as complex dam system fails to activate

#Venice’s St Mark’s Square was under water on Tuesday after a newly installed system of mobile artificial dams failed to activate. Residents -- long accustomed to perennial “acqua alta“ or high water events -- pulled on their rubber boots once more to deal with #flooding that reached a high of metres (4.5 feet) above sea level in the afternoon. Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 Visit our website: http://www