On the Somerset Levels, South West England, villages have been cut off and livestock have been marooned.
After weeks of persistent flooding on the Somerset Levels, the government has ordered a "concrete plan" to deal with this issue.
After touring the site, the Environment Minister promised an action plan and wants all sides working together to produce a viable long term scheme.
"The locals have six weeks to work with national government, the local agencies to come up with a good concrete plan. If they convince me, yes we will sign it off," says Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson.
However, farmers accuse the Environment Agency of not doing enough to tackle the situation.
"Why was this not done last year when it happened last year?
"Why have we only had the pumps put in now. Why?" says Becky Riley, a farmer living on the Somerset Level.
People who live on the Somerset Levels regard the rivers similar to the arteries in the human body, which has been clogged up over the last few years.
They have been demanding for the rivers to be cleared out for years.
But the environment agency claims that much of the flood was bound to occur because the amount of rain.
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