Flooding photos

To catch the morning bus, Caitlin crosses over the Tevere at Ponte Sisto. It's a lovely pedestrian-only bridge that's often sprinkled with musicians and young lovers, beggars and drunks, tourists and night owls. It's also a great vantage point to observe the Great Italian Flood of 2012:

Normal river height

Wednesday 14 Nov

On the left, a photo shamelessly stolen from Google Images. On the right, a snapshot from Caitlin's morning commute on Wednesday. Note the water level against the wall on the far bank. And that water, as you can imagine, is moving.