Floods threat to Surrey homes as River Thames bursts its banks

THE River Thames is set to flood properties in Surrey and Middlesex as its waters have risen to their highest level for nearly 30 years in places. More than half an inch of rain fell overnight in Surrey and when the swollen streams feeding the Thames discharge this extra rainfall, it will burst its banks in more places over the next few days, the Environment Agency warn today. At Walton on Thames, the river's highest level since at least 1990 was measured this morning at 7am. The depth was...