Flooding continues in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

July 24 2007: Residents on bikes make their way through Botley Road, in Oxford. The river Thames has burst its banks in Oxford Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/AFP

July 25 2007: Sophie MacKeith surveys her flooded kitchen in Old Botley, Oxford, where water levels rose rapidly overnight Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

July 25 2007: Aid workers deliver bottled water to stranded residents in the town of Gloucester Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty

July 25 2007: A man cuts his hedge as floodwaters rise in Botley, near Oxford Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

July 25 2007: People leave their homes in Osney in Oxford where water levels rose rapidly overnight Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

July 25 2007: Sandbags hold back the rising waters of the river Thames at Otney Island near Oxford Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

July 24 2007: People sit outside their mobile homes in a supermarket car park in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian

July 24 2007: The sun sets over floodwaters in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian

July 24 2007: A sign advertises river trips in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

July 24 2007: An aid worker walks through flooded streets to deliver bottled water to stranded residents in Gloucester Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty

July 25 2007: A stranded car on top of sandbags in a car park in Oxford Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

July 25 2007: A man leaves his house in rising floodwaters at Otney Island near Oxford Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

July 24 2007: Water is pumped by fire crews from the streets of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire after the rivers Avon and Severn burst their banks Photograph: Gerry Penny/EPA

July 24 2007: A man pushes a trolley of bottled water through floodwaters; Sandhurst, near Gloucester Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA

July 24 2007: Abandoned cars sit in a flooded car park in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty