The village of Muchelney on the flooded Somerset Levels has been cut off for nearly a month. Residents wanting to leave the village to go shopping have had to rely on an hourly boat service.
Council chiefs hit out at government agencies and the Environment Agency for failing to help.
Environment secretary Owen Paterson was heckled by angry locals on a visit to a pumping station. Paterson admitted the government could have done more to help residents - and that some rivers in the county should have been dredged.
A police operated boat carries residents of the village of Muchelney across floodwatersReutersA man waves from the back of a tractor as it heads through flood water in the village of Thorney on the way to MuchelneyGettyThe flooded Somerset Levels outside LangportReuters: Environment secretary Owen Paterson deals with angry residents on a visit to the Northmoor pumping stationGettyTrees reflected in the flooded Somerset Levels, near LangportGettyA temporary floating pontoon on a flooded road to the village of MuchelneyReutersGive way to the left: A swan and a car share a flooded country laneGettyFloodwater pumped by the Environment Agency into the River Parrott in Moorland, SomersetGettyA house is surrounded by floodwater in Long Sutton on the flooded Somerset LevelsReutersAllotments near Langport in Somerset are partially submergedGettyStating the obvious: A warning sign caught in the floodwatersGettyJames Winslade examines flood damage at his farm in Moorland, SomersetGetty
