Third record tide enters Venice as Italy hit with snow, rain

A view of St. Mark square, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weather woes, from rain-swollen rivers to high winds to an out-of-season avalanche. (AP)

A city worker helps a woman who decided to cross St. Mark square on a gangway, in spite of prohibition, in Venice, Italy, Sunday. High tidal waters returned to Venice on Sunday, days after the city experienced its worst flooding in more than 50 years. (AP)

People walk on raised gangways in a flooded St.Mark square in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Venetians are bracing for the prospect of another exceptional tide in a season that is setting new records. Officials are forecasting a 1.6 meter (5 feet, 2 inches) surge of water Sunday through the lagoon city. (AP)

A man stands next to a gondola service in flooded Venice, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. (AP)

Stores and museums in Venice were mostly closed in the hardest-hit area around St. Mark’s Square, but tourists donned high rubber boots or even hip waders to witness and photograph the spectacle. (AP)

Venetian people in a bar amid rising water in Venice, northern Italy, Sunday. (AP)