This is a frightening picture

[jmarie]

I hope the person in this picture is ok. Couldn't get the picture to show.

[Jessnc]

Oh wow... that's scary. Do you know the story behind that picture?

[KristiB]

Is that the flood in China?

[TKay]

Yeah, what is the context?

[jmarie]

The picture was below this story.

The emergency services are taking the strain tonight as many parts of Britain remain under water.

Banbury station (pic: Tim Kowlessar)It is more than 24 hours since storms swept across the country, dumping huge amounts of rain on already saturated ground, leading to widespread flooding in dozens of towns.

Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire have been worst hit counties. But other areas have also suffered.

The Prime Minister has praised the emergency services, and insisted no one could have predicted the extent of the deluge.

Gordon Brown said the emergency services and armed forces were doing all they could to help the victims and are doing a "superb" job.

The Environment Agency has issued five flood warnings for the River Avon - people stranded in Stratford-upon-Avon have had to be evacuated by helicopter.

Around 200 people are still in emergency accommodation in Gloucester after being stranded by the flood waters. That figure is down from 2,000.

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And above this one:

The death toll from fierce rain storms and flooding in China continued to rise Saturday as the government scrambled to step up relief and prevention efforts, state press reported.
In eastern Shandong province, the toll rose to 40 dead and nine missing as of Friday night, following a week of record rains that deluged the provincial capital of Jinan and surrounding areas, Xinhua news agency said.

A record 180 millimetres (7.2 inches) of rain pummelled the city on Wednesday, snarling traffic and cutting off electricity and water supplies in the fiercest storms to hit the capital since 1916, meteorologists said.

The latest toll was up from 32 dead as of early Friday.