MENACE IN VENICE

High tides and heavy rain flooded Venice's dry streets, leaving tourist hotspots virtually deserted on Sunday. 

    Tourists chose to wade through the waters in boots, with one group donning swimwear to sit at a table in the iconic submerged St Mark's Square. The D aily M ail r e p o r ts th at heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds brought the lagoon city's high tide mark to its sixthhighest level since records began being kept 150 years ago in 1872.