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The Floating City: Heavy rains flood Venice and reach the sixth highest tide level in 150 years

It may be known as the Floating City of love.

But romance was cast aside today as gondolas were swapped for wellington boots and swimwear.

High tides and heavy rain flooded Venice's dry streets, leaving tourist hotspots virtually deserted.

Tourists chose to wade through the waters in boots, with one group donning swimwear to sit at a table in the iconic submerged St Mark's Square.

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People take a coffee break in a flooded shop as rainfall reached 59inches in Venice

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Water, water everywhere: The usually crowded Saint Mark's Square was deserted as flood waters rose making it impossible to visit

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Washed out: The view towards St Mark's Basin looks a little different from normal. More than 70 per cent of Venice has been left flooded after the city was hit by a high tide
 

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A tourist crosses flooded the iconic square carrying a suitcase on her shoulder while wading through the waters

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Wearing plastic bags to cover his legs, a tourist carries two suitcases in flooded waters

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70per cent of central Venice was underwater today

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A shop assistant controls the tide that threatens to inundate his shop in the romantic city
 

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Parents carry their children and possessions wrapped in carrier bags in a small street today

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Tourists walk on footbridges near the Rialto bridge as heavy rain puts a dampener on their tour of the city

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One tourist takes off their boots to walk on a makeshift footbridge in the rain
 

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A man and woman swim in flooded Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) in Venice, Italy, on November 11, 2012. High tides have flooded Venice, leading Venetians and tourists to don high boots and use wooden walkways to cross Piazza San Marco and other areas under water.

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People walk on bridges set up in front of Palace of Doges during acqua alta on November 1, 2012 in Venice.
 

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Tourists walk on raised platforms above flood waters in Piazza San Marco during high water in Venice, on October 27, 2012.

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A waiter serves coffees to tourists sat in his bar flooded during an "acqua alta", on October 27, 2012 in Venice.
 

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A woman walks in high water ner the Rialto Bridge in Venice, on November 1, 2012.

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A man carries a girl as they leave the flooded Piazza San Marco, on November 1, 2012 in Venice.
 

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A woman stands on a bench above a flooded street in Venice, on November 11, 2012.

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Tourists walk on raised platforms near Piazza San Marco in Venice, on October 27, 2012.
 

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Participants compete during the 4th Strongo Cup open amateur tournament in Krasnoyarsk.

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Helgesson of Sweden performs her ladies short program at the Bompard Trophy ISU Grand Prix of figure skating competition in Paris.

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Riazanova andTkachenko of Russia practise during a training session before the Bompard Trophy event at Bercy in Paris.
 
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Three year-old Annie Wood rides her scooter in front of changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens near Haywards Heath in southern England, on October 17, 2012.

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Fog covers the Inntal valley as the famous Nordkette mountains are seen on a sunny autumn day in the western Austrian province of Tyrol, on October 23, 2012.

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A girl stops to look at hundreds of jack o' lanterns at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 8, 2012. Around 5,000 carved pumpkins are on display for this year's Jack-o'-lantern Spectacular, one of the nation's largest jack-o'-lantern shows.

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A jack o' lantern interpretation of Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night," commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. For at least three months each Fall, pumpkin carvers Marc Evan and Chris Soria, of New York City, relinquish their illustrator occupations to carve fantastical pumpkins full-time and become the Maniac Pumpkin Carvers.

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A squirrel eats a wild pear in a park in seasonal colored trees on an autumn day in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, on October 24, 2012.
 
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