Fears as waters go on rising
Key Points
- Fourteen severe flood warnings have been issued for the River Thames in Berkshire and Surrey
- Two severe flood warnings remain for the Somerset Levels
- Communities Secretary Eric Pickles says there is a "high risk" the Thames, Severn and Wye rivers will flood
- The emergency Cobra committee met for two hours, with the prime minister joining by phone
- Environment Agency chief Lord Smith has rejected criticism of his organisation, amid reports of a row between senior ministers over flooding