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In the past few hours the famous Piazza San Marco, or Saint Mark's Square, has already gone under around eighty centimetres of water. Surrounding streets have also been affected with some residents cut off in their homes.

But the Venice Tidal Centre says that levels could go much higher. It says the sea is due to rise to one meter sixty above its normal level - the highest since 1979.

Venice is built on hundreds of islands and often experiences high water at this time of the year. The worst incident was in 1966 when the city was submerged by nearly two meters of water amid catastrophic flooding throughout Italy.

Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, Rome

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Surrounding
مجاور، محوطه اطراف

affected
have been affected در اینجا: صدمه خورده اند

residents
ساکنین

cut off in
در جایی گیر کردن، قادر به ترک محلی نبودن

Tidal Centre
مرکزی که جذر و مد آب دریاها را محاسبه و پیش بینی می کند

due to
قرار است....، انتظار می رود

experiences
تجربیات

high water
آبی که از سطح معمول بالاتر آمده، سیل

submerged by
در اینجا: زیر آب رفت

catastrophic
فاجعه آمیز، تاسف آور