"The regional council, controlled by a president from Italy’s far-right League party, rejected a host of climate measures on Wednesday. Immediately after the vote, the council chambers flooded." By some estimates, 12 minutes after the vote was taken the water started coming in. Mother Nature does a mic drop. tweeted one person. Source: Gizmodo Venice is reeling from some of the worst flooding in 50 years, driven in part by sea level rise.