High tides and winds threaten more flooding to parts of Britain

High tides and gale force winds could bring more flooding to parts of south-west England and the Midlands, the Environment Agency has warned.It has five severe flood warnings – meaning a danger to life – three on the Severn estuary near Gloucester and two on the north Cornwall coast.Lesser warnings affect many parts of Britain including western Wales and the flood-hit Somerset Levels.About 150 properties in the Midlands, South West and South East have flooded.Cobra, the government’s emergency committee, is currently meeting, The BBC reported.Discussions on Friday evening, in what was the 16th Cobra meeting since storms hit Britain in December, were chaired by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, who urged residents to “listen to all the advice being issued”. “Environment Agency staff are working day and night, alongside the emergency services and other local specialist agencies, to get communities ready for the bad weather,” he said.