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Tourists and residents make their way through a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, northern Italy, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. An exceptional 137-centimeter (54 inch) high tide flooded eighty per cent of the town disrupting public transportation and flooding shops. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)