A supermarket has partly reopened after heavy rainfall damaged the roof and forced it to close.

Saturday's downpours caused widespread flash flooding across Sittingbourne including at Asda, in Mill Way, where water could be seen pouring from the ceiling.

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The store was closed on Saturday evening and remained shut all day yesterday (Sunday) while it was cleaned and made safe.

It reopened this morning, at its usual time of 8am, but upstairs – which includes the clothing department, a pharmacy, cafe and toilets – remains shut.

An Asda spokesman said: "Following the torrential downpour across much of the area over the weekend, the Sittingbourne store has reopened as usual this morning.

"We would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience caused.’’

During the weekend's torrential rain, the supermarket's car park also became flooded – making entrance to the store difficult for customers.

Over the road, the car park for Screwfix was also completely flooded.

Homes in Murston were also evacuated as fire crews were deployed to Coombe Drive, Woodbury Drive and Lansdown Road to remedy the situation.

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