The Government has promised to re-examine regional flood budgets as rivers through the Bradford district continued to burst their banks during this month's downpours.

Environment minister David Miliband told MPs he would work with the Environment Agency to look at the allocations and called for cross-party support for continued investment in flood defences.

Shipley MP Philip Davies told the Commons of the continued fear of flooding along the River Aire as he urged the minister to take action.

He said: "In recent years the Environment Agency have been under increasing strain and have been cutting back on defences.

"The situation has been absolutely awful and families are left devastated. There are parts of my constituency that are always flooding on the River Aire."

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed the Government would do everything it could to help the people hit by the floods.

Last night some householders were continuing a clean up operation after they were hit by severe flooding as drains overflowed during Monday's deluge.

Cellars of homes in Bracken Street, Keighley, were flooded to a depth of four feet and had to be pumped out by firefighters.

In Baildon, 16-year-old Emily Mortimer was forced to climb out of a ground floor window to prevent more flood water getting into the family home.

A back street between Roydstone Terrace and Silverhill Road, in Thornbury was submerged in water days after the downpour because of drainage problems.

According to the Met Office more than twice the average rainfall for June has fallen in Yorkshire this month, and more heavy rain is forecast.

Monday's downpour also led West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to issue an "emergencies only" plea to callers as staff at the Birkenshaw headquarters fielded more than 200 calls an hour.