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There have been mass evacuations across central and southern England as Britain suffers its worst flooding in living memory.

Tens of thousands of people are without electricity or clean water, and thousands of homes have been flooded.

Water levels are not expected to peak for another 24 to 36 hours. At their height, some rivers will be more than 20ft higher than normal.

Two of Britain's major rivers - the Avon and the Severn - have already burst their banks.

The Thames is in danger of bursting soon, threatening areas in the Home Counties and London.

Gloucestershire is likely to be hit by yet more flooding as the Severn is expected to rise once again in the early hours.

Severn Trent Water confirmed "at least" 350,000 homes in the county will be without water by this evening. More than 40,000 families are already without power.

Sainsbury's is donating a million litres of water to people in the Gloucestershire area.

 Source : Sky News