Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro
said via Twitter on Friday that he has decided to close St
Mark's Square due to fresh flooding in the city.
The city has been brought to its knees after suffering its
second-worst floods on record this week, with the high-water
mark reaching 187cm on Tuesday.
The cost of the damage, which did not spare St Mark's
Basilica, is estimated to run into hundreds of millions of euros
and it prompted the central government to declare the city in a
state of emergency on Thursday
The water level had dropped down significantly but it went
back up to 154cm on Friday morning before slowing receding.
As result, water bus services were suspended and the city's
Palazzo Ducale museum was closed too.
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