VENICE, Italy (November 11, 2012)--Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds flooded Venice and brought the lagoon city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began being kept 150 years ago.
Italian news reports said the same weather system that put 70 percent of central Venice under water on Sunday was wreaking havoc elsewhere in north and central Italy.
About 200 people were evacuated from their homes in hard-hit Tuscany.
Flooding is common in Venice this time of year and Sunday's high tide mark of 59.06 inches marked the sixth highest level since 1872, according to the ANSA news agency.
Moveable barriers that would rise from the seabed to protect Venice from high tides have been in the works for years but will not be operational before 2014.
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