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This week's deluge in Venice, Italy, was too much even for Libreria Acqua Alta (High Water Bookshop), "which had resigned itself to constant flooding," keeping its books inside bathtubs, waterproof bins, and even a full-sized gondola inside bathtubs and boats. The Local reported that "to the immense dismay of book lovers around the world, this measure wasn't enough to save the countless books, magazines and other items crammed inside the famous bookstore when the worst floods in half a century hit Venice this week."
"We expect high water, but not this high," said co-owner Diana Zanda, adding that hundreds of books were destroyed in the flood on Tuesday night. "There is water everywhere. We were not ready for a storm like this."