River Thames still rising as night falls

River Thames continues to rise
The River Thames continues to rise across the floodplain opposite Abingdon, and some outposts like the Marina carpark in Abingdon are flooded.
River Thames continues to rise
There are a lot of boats moored on what is normally the bank of the River Thames, hopefully secure.
River Thames continues to rise
Near Abingdon Bridge, an Abingdon scaffolding company was helping to secure boats as night approached.
River Thames continues to rise
(Update Sunday morning. The water has risen another few inches overnight as water makes its way downsteam. People are still living on some of the boats.
River Thames continues to rise
Sunday began sunny after some overnight rain – thankfully it was less severe than forecasts were predicting.)

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