Two men wade through a flooded St. Mark's Square, in Venice, northern Italy, on Monday. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
High water covers a cafe's table and chairs in Venice's St. Mark's Square.
Workers remove the boards usually used to create walkways over the high water as the water level is too high, causing them to float, in Venice's St. Mark's Square. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
A man stands on a boat in flooded St. Mark's Square Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
People wade through high water in the Campo San Filippo and Giacomo area. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
People wade through high water by Venice's Rialto Bridge. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
A view of a flooded St. Mark's Square, with St. Mark's Basilica in the background. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
Tourists carry their luggage as they make their way through high water in Venice. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
People wade through high water in front of the Doge's Palace, left, in Venice's St. Mark's Square. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
People wade through high water in Venice's St. Mark's Square. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
A man with thigh-high boots walk past a gondola in a flooded in Venice. Photo Luigi Costantini/AP.
Water in Venice has risen to its highest level in more than 20 years, leaving much of the Italian city under water and forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water. Read the story.
