Worst Flooding in Venice in 22 Years????

I just had a look at the webcam and Piazza San Marco definitely looks flooded but it's difficult to tell how deep it is. It will be light in a few hours and I'll have another look then.

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/veneto/venezia/piazza-san-marco.html

Here's an article from The Telegraph with more pictures.

Looking at the City Flood report and predictor, looks like it maxed out the last day or so at 85 cm, little short of 3 ft.
http://www.comune.venezia.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/EN/IDPagina/2104

I've been watching the Skycam of Venice for months and I've not seen any water in St Marks....amazed by the photos on the link posted. When I looked this morning - 3/8, the risers had been removed from the square, so I figured the flooding - if there was some, was over. I guess I'll look again the morning, but right now, I don't see water in the square.

I think it 's old news, possibly as old as 2008 when water level was at 156 cm on December 1, 2008. Last weekend, it was around 125 cm.

It is 6:50 am local time and looking at the live cam link, the workers are hard at work putting up the boardwalks (what is the proper name for this in Italian and English?). They must be expecting another flood.

It might be fun to watch over the next few hours when the tide comes in daylight, if you can stay awake.

EDIT: I looked at a tide table, high tide will be at about 11:00 am local time which is about four hours away.

Those pictures that went up yesterday are old. (One of my FB friends posted it too.) There is nothing in Italian media about extraordinary flooding lately.

FYI the walkways are called passarelle.

I took a look twice this morning. The first time there was some water in St. Marks Square and people walking the passarelle. This second time the water is gone and they're removing the walkways. Nothing out of the ordinary, it seems.

The high tide was about 11am local (2am Pacific) March 9. I looked on the webcam at 2am Pacific and the water in the Square appeared to be only a few inches deep. Most of the flooding was right in front of the Basilica. The ground in the bottom right of the web cam picture frame was still dry.

The next high tide will be about 2:30pm Pacific but it will be in middle of night in Venice so I am not sure how much you can see on the web cam at that time.
http://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Venezia-Italy/tides/latest

Currently at 6:45pm (Venice time) there is no flooding and everyone is walking on the ground. Here is a live camera link to Piazza San Marco. https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/veneto/venezia/piazza-san-marco.html

Aqua Alta of February 2013 brought both flooding and snow to Venice. I landed in the middle of a snowstorm at VCE. Folks who arrived a day or two earlier told of being in hotel rooms on the first floor (above the street level) that became the American first floor when flooding drove the reception desk staff up one level. Venice was cleaning up from Carnaval and the Aqua Alta.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2013/feb/12/snow-floods-venice-valentine-pictures

I've read that areas in Venice flood quite a bit. Does anyone bring their own rain boots when visiting Venice?

As soon as the water starts bubbling up out of the drains in the campos, the street venders are out hawking their plastic over shoes. 5 euros seems to be the price as I recall. I saw a German tour splashing around in their color coordinated gear. Of course, the locals all have very stylish, practical, and well-made pairs.

Like Rick pointed out in one of his travel skills videos, "This diving mask might work great for a day on the beach in the Cinque Terre, I'm not going to lug it all over Europe for one day's use. I'll buy it here if the spirit moves me, then discard it." Same applies to Venice Swampers.

Thanks, Sam. That's good to know.

I saw, on a web cam, that St. Marks was indeed flooded today. The area is among the lowest in elevation of all Venice. As for the tide being exceptional, well, we did just have an eclipse, and the tides follow some hours later. Where I live in the Puget Sound of WA, the tide was higher than I'd seen in 15 years. Connection?
Having said all that, the tides in Venice are also heavily influenced by the wind blowing up the Adriatic.