![]() Why the world's tallest trees are dying."Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels, so any city built at sea level is particularly vulnerable," says Sally Stone, reader in architecture and adaptive reuse at the Manchester School of Architecture. Since water levels started being officially recorded in 1923, they have reached 150cm (59in) or more on only 10 occasions, but five of those have been in the last three years. ![]() While a gap of over 50 years separated these events, recent trends suggest that we won't have to wait half a century to see another calamitous flood. The worst ever flooding event, which happened in 1966, saw water levels rise to 194cm (6.4ft) above sea level, and is thought to have seriously damaged at least three quarters of the city's shops, businesses and studios. A state of emergency was declared, and there was an estimated €1bn euros (£0.9bn/$1bn) worth of damage, according to the Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro. The tide reached a peak height of 187cm (6.1ft) above sea level, resulting in more than 80% of the city being under water. It created headlines around the world, with onlookers stunned by the incredible images of Saint Mark's Square, one of the city's lowest lying and most iconic areas, covered in feet of water. In November 2019, Venice suffered its second-worst flooding event since records began almost 100 years ago.
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