Photographs: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
Hundreds of homes were swamped by floods along the River Thames in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, with forecasters warning of more bad weather.
British Prime Minister David Cameron warned that stricken communities were "in it for the long haul".
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Image: Nigel Gray leaves his home in a rowing boat after the river Thames flooded the village of Wraysbury, southern EnglandPhotographs: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
Rail travel between one of Britain's busiest routes from London to the commuter town of Reading was heavily disrupted, reported the AFP
The government has been criticised for being under-prepared to deal with the floods as town and villages along the Thames have been inundated.
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Image: Resident, builder Dave Donaldson moves furniture from one of the flooded rooms of his home at Burrowbridge on the Somerset Levels in south west EnglandPhotographs: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
More than 1,000 homes along the Thames have been evacuated and the situation is said to worsen with heavy rains and storms forecast.
Around 1,600 troops are on standby to help.
Cameron surveyed the damage to the railway line at Dawlish in southwest England, caused by massive waves crashing against the coastline.
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Photographs: Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Builder Dave Donaldson watches television with his dog Oscar and his suite on pallets in case his home floods more at Burrowbridge in south west England.
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