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M&S car park flooded at Canterbury's Maybrook Retail Park as wet weather continues

13:39, 05 March 2020

updated: 16:29, 06 March 2020

Shoppers heading to a Canterbury retail park are being met with pool of deepening water as they enter the car park.

A number of spaces at the Maybrook Retail Park, in Sturry, are out of action as a result of the flood.

Motorists risking entering the flooded car park
Motorists risking entering the flooded car park

The surface water is continuing to sprawl across the car park as heavy rain refuses to relent.

Maybrook Retail Park, off Vauxhall Road, is home to a handful of shops including an M&S Foodhall, KFC and Halfords.

Some shoppers are turning around instead of risking entering the flooded car park.

The stores are, at the moment, open as usual.

The wet weather comes as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for rain all day in Kent.

Some spaces are fully submerged
Some spaces are fully submerged
The pool of water is continuing to expand
The pool of water is continuing to expand

It comes as more than a dozen flood alerts were issued across Kent.

For all the forecasts, warnings and weather related news, click here

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