The flooding continues

July 23 2007: Firefighters working at Walham power station in Gloucester, which is under threat of being flooded. The fire brigade, British army, Royal Navy and the Highways Agency have joined forces to save the power station Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/AFP

July 23 2007: A boat passes a lorry struggling through floodwater in Tewkesbury Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

July 23 2007: Empty bottled water shelves in Tesco supermarket in Tewkesbury Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

July 23 2007: Residents of the village of Standlake fill sandbags in anticipation of floods as levels of the rivers Windrush and Thames rise Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

July 23 2007: Residents of Standlake load sandbags into a wheelbarrow Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

July 23 2007: Flooded houses in Tewkesbury Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

July 23 2007: A man sits on a partly submerged bench on the bank of the river Thames at Pangbourne Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

July 23 2007: One of the 3,000 properties which have been flooded in Oxfordshire Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/AFP

July 23 2007: Cattle move to higher areas of a field as flood waters continue to rise near Blackbird Leys in Oxfordshire Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

July 23 2007: A west Oxford community centre parking sign is engulfed by water hours before the river Thames reached its peak level Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

July 23 2007: Boats on the river Thames in west Oxford hours before the river reached its peak level Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

July 24 2007: A member of the British Red Cross talks to a flooding victim at the Holiday Inn Express next to the Kassam Stadium, set up as a rescue and rest centre in Abingdon Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/AFP

July 24 2007: The shadow of a woman collecting bottled water is shown on a makeshift sign at a school in Tewkesbury Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

July 24 2007: Stranded residents and tourists are given free food and provisions at the Tewkesbury scout hall Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

July 24 2007: Joint owner of the Maybush pub, Steve Parker tests a water pump inside the bar area after it was flooded by the river Thames near Standlake in Oxfordshire Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty

July 24 2007: A resident collects emergency water from a bowser in Tewkesbury Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

July 24 2007: A cyclist tackles floodwaters as they begin to recede in Tewkesbury Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

July 24 2007: Scott Aitken sits in the kitchen of his flooded home close to the river Severn in Gloucester Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

July 24 2007: Norman Aitken surveys the damage to his home close to the river Severn in Gloucester Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

July 24 2007: Coyeta Brown, Claus Pittaway and Sophie Pittaway have a cup of tea in flooded Alney Terrace in Gloucester Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty