Communities along the banks of the River Thames have become the latest to reach for the sandbags after the Environment Agency issued a number of severe weather warnings in the Home Counties:
River Thames bursts its banks
(01 of18)
A woman becomes caght up in a lorry's wash in Old Windsor in Berkshire (credit:London News Pictures)
(02 of18)
The village green in Dachet is under flood water after the river Thames burst its banks. (credit:Getty Images)
(03 of18)
A home owner's boat sits outside his house after flood water continues to rise after the river Thames burst its banks (credit:Getty Images)
(04 of18)
Locals wade through flood water in Datchet (credit:Getty Images)
(05 of18)
A man brings a family member home on a boat after flood water continues to rise. (credit:Getty Images)
(06 of18)
A boy cycles through River Thames flood water (credit:Getty Images)
(07 of18)
Flood water continues to rise as residents struggle to cope with the rising tides. (credit:Getty Images)
(08 of18)
Locals look at flooded railway lines. (credit:Getty Images)
(09 of18)
A man and his dog look out from his house at rising flood water. (credit:Getty Images)
(10 of18)
A man helps local shop keepers with sandbags as flood water continues to rise. (credit:Getty Images)
(11 of18)
A car drives through flood water on the main road after the river Thames burst its banks. (credit:Getty Images)
(12 of18)
A man carries a family member through rising flood water. (credit:Getty Images)
(13 of18)
Electricity workers unload sandbags to protect a sub station. (credit:Getty Images)
(14 of18)
Locals look at flooded railway lines after river Thames burst its banks. (credit:Getty Images)
(15 of18)
A house surrounded by flood waters near Chertsey Bridge in Chertsey, Surrey. (credit:PA)
(16 of18)
A view of flooded fields as the River Thames has burst its bank and flooded roads and property in Chertsey in Surrey. (credit:PA)
(17 of18)
A resident wearing homemade waders carries a dog through floodwater as residents begin to evacuate homes in Wraybury, Berkshire, (credit:Getty)
(18 of18)
Residents wearing homemade waders evacuate their home in Wraybury, Berkshire (credit:Getty)