Daily Express Headline; says: "Thousands of home owners are today facing the most serious floods in living memory. The unprecedented weather on Friday - the equivalent of a month’s rain in an hour in some areas - has left tens of thousands of homes without clean water or electricity. And as water levels in rivers across the Midlands and the South continue to rise, many more are still being evacuated. The Environment Agency warned today that the worst is still to come, with 90,000 extra gallons a second surging into the river over the next four days. At their height, some rivers will be more than 20ft higher than normal. Environmental Agency spokesman Anthony Perry said: “We have not seen flooding of this magnitude before. The benchmark was 1947 and this has already exceeded it.”Nine severe flood warnings remain in place, including several on the Severn and Avon around Gloucester, Worcester and Evesham, as further rain added to the misery. In Gloucestershire, the worst hit area, 350,000 people face water shortages, while more than 40,000 families were without power. Tim Brain, chief constable of Gloucestershire Police, said emergency services face unprecedented challenges and warned that the situation could worsen."
