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Italian authorities have been on high alert in several cities today, including Venice, where residents and tourists are preparing for another extraordinary tsunami after heavy rains overnight.
"The tide could be as high as 160 centimeters by noon today," the Venice Wave Center said, after the worst flooding in 50 years on Tuesday.
"Today will be a difficult day but we are ready," Venice Mayor Luigi Bruniaro told a news conference, predicting the situation would be less damaging than Tuesday's flooded fields, shops, houses and hotels, stressing that the damage was estimated at $ 1.1 billion.
Authorities in the cities of Florence and Pisa are also monitoring the Arno river, where water levels rose rapidly at night due to heavy rains.
Authorities are also monitoring Italy's longest river Po, which flows through the north of the country through Turin, after it increased by a meter and a half in the last 24 hours due to heavy rain.
On Tuesday, the tide in Venice was 187 centimeters, compared with the record of 194 centimeters in 1966. Under normal circumstances, waves ranging from 80 to 90 centimeters are high but the situation can be controlled.
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