Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Tuesday that the floods that hit several areas in the country is likely to worsen before it gets better .
Cameron cancels unannounced visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week because they have to remain in the country to deal with floods while the government has faced criticism for being unprepared .
Soldiers deployed to help tackle flood situation worsens in southern England while submerged hundreds of homes along the Thames River basin and disrupted train services tarnsportasi due to bad weather .
Towns and villages along the river to the west of London turned into a lagoon .
Over 1,000 homes have been evacuated along the Thames , in the villages and towns such as Wraysbury , Datchet and Chertsey and predictable situation worsened because of heavy rain and storm moves on Friday .
" There was no sign of the threat will be reduced , and the rain and strong winds are still forecast to occur this week , things get worse before it gets better , " Cameron told reporters at his Downing Street office .
"The funding is not a problem in the relief effort . Any required to be issued . We will take the necessary steps , " he said .
Associated with the planned visit to the Middle East , Cameron said he would continue to " lead the national response " to lead the government's COBRA committee .
He said that he had sent an apology to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , " but more important is to deal with the flood " .
Cameron 's trip to the Middle East was the first since he became prime minister in 2010 .
Flooding for the first time hit rural areas in the southwestern Sommerset but now extends into the towns and villages sepajang Thames in the southeast , and near London .
A total of 1,600 soldiers have been mobilized and some are already filling sacks with sand in Wraysbury , where a resident Philipi criticized Defense Secretary Hammond .
Su Burrows , a volunteer supervisor floods , said the relief effort has been handed over to residents such as himself and asked Hammond military aid to distribute sandbags .
" I'm sorry I was so emotional . There are 100 people in this village are communal work , none of the ( environmental agency ) , " he said with a tone of emotion to the Minister of Defence in the conversation at the television station Sky News .
Burrows told the French news agency AFP later that criticism seems fruitful because 2,000 Sandbags sent to Wraysbury , which was followed immediately by 100 soldiers .
Hammond previously stated that the government can not " prevent nature . "
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