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