While part of the south-west of England has his feet in the water for the new year and the flood front has advanced to the gates of London, rains and winds up to 160 km / h let fear a further worsening of the situation.
Fourteen alerts severe flooding, that is to say, that may pose a risk of death, were maintained in Berkshire and Surrey, two areas to the west of London.
Nearly two thousand soldiers were deployed to build dikes with sandbags and disaster relief, according to General Patrick Sanders, responsible for coordinating the military effort. "Thousands of others" will be mobilized when needed, has he added.
Flooding of the Thames threatens more than a thousand homes, about twenty miles above the capital. Several people had to be evacuated in the night in Staines, near Heathrow Airport. In total, nearly six thousand homes were flooded across the country since the beginning of winter the wettest two hundred and fifty years in some parts of the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who called a new inter-ministerial crisis meeting on Wednesday morning, warned that things were likely to "get worse before it gets better" and that the waiting time before a return to normal could be "depressing".
In areas of the Southwest, where several villages are cut off from the world for more than a month already, people complain that it took floods are approaching London for Westminster finally responds.
Visiting Dorset and Devon (South West), David Cameron gave the example by canceling the Council of Ministers and by forgoing a visit to the Middle East. The government, the watchword is to occupy the field, may be attacked by the population or be ridiculed by the media. Wednesday, newspapers were having a heart joy to mock parade politicians of all, rubber boots on his feet.
"Dave and Co, the flood tourists" ridicules the Daily Mail, who believes that "the appearance of pristine boots and policies at the forefront of fashion was an unbearable vision" in the eyes of many victims, disgusted by the slow relief and the reluctance of authorities.
The crisis of the honey populist United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), whose leader, Nigel Farage, has called Sunday from waders to the navel, the country spends part of its international assistance to flood victims. Capturing the idea, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday "a" that "one hundred thousand people in one day" had already signed a petition advocating for this solution.
But David Cameron rejected this track, arguing that Britain, as a "rich country with a growing economy," had the ability to juggle both fights.
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