Green Daily

Venice may not be the perfect case study for how rising sea levels might affect coastal cities around the world, but just like the tiny islands of Tuvalu, Venice's situation has become somewhat symbolic of climate change. Torrential rains and strong winter winds have brought sea levels around the canal city -- bursting at the seems with with priceless antiquities -- to their highest point in 22 years, leaving much of the city underwater.

Venice's Mayor has asked all citizens to stay in their homes if possible, while gutsy Venetians try to go about their routines without the aid of city transportation or water taxis. Flooding is nothing new for the city. Being located at 0ft elevation, it doesn't take a very powerful storm to bring the seas over the roads and into low lying areas like St. Mark's Square. Still, the storm system moving through the Adriatic has drummed up some seriously uncomfortable conditions in the lagoon city. And construction is already underway on a floodgate system to guard the city against rising sea levels expected as a result of climate change.

Kinda reminds me of that post apocalyptic Flooded London exhibit, only real.