Insurance bosses will meet ministers to discuss their response to the flood crisis. Victims have received £14m in emergency payments so far. Ed Miliband will call for faster processing of insurance claims when he too meets industry representatives.
21 massive pumps have been imported along with a team of four engineers from the Netherlands to cope with the massive floods in Somerset.
Earlier today the teams were working to stem the flood around Bridgwater, Somerset.
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The residents of one street in Egham in Surrey have described how they have coped with the devastating impact of the floods.
Somerset Levels have been one of the worst-affected areas during the floods and today's aerial images reveal the situation remains bleak.