In Pictures: Canoes to the rescue as England goes underwater

SOUTH ENGLAND - For eight weeks, homes in Somerset, south England have been flooded by continuous rainfall. Flooding has left farmland and businesses under water and forced residents to evacuate their homes.

I drove from London to Bristol last week and 90 per cent of farmland along the motorway was under water. It is quite a shame that nothing has been done to prevent such widespread flooding.

Weather experts predict that the waters could last for months.

See all the astonishing pictures here.