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The City Under Water
The view from the Piazzale Michelangelo over the flooded city illustrates the dramatic situation at the peak of the flood catastrophe. A sign commemorating the flood in 1844 in the Via della Mosca documents the difference to the higher water level on November 4, 1966. Numerous streets and plazas in the city centre lie under mountains of mud, refuse, and rubble, which were removed during weeks of cleanup efforts.