Venice flooded by unusual high tide, 3rd highest for June

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A quarter of Venice has been submerged by a near-record high tide for June, a time of year when such flooding israre.The water level in Italy's lagoon city reached 116 centimeters (3 feet, 9.7 inches) late yesterday, the third-highestmark for June. That level indicates around a quarter of Venice has been flooded.Venice's sea monitoring agency blamed the unusually high late spring tide on a storm in the Atlantic that broughtheavy winds and rain to northern Italy. Another unseasonably high tide is expected tonight.The highest June high tide was registered in 2002, when the water mark hit 121 centimeters, followed by 117centimeters in June 2016.Venice authorities today didn't put out pedestrian bridges, which are usually only used in the peak "acqua alta"season from September to April.