FLOODS led to a store being evacuated and closed at the weekend.

A faulty connection led to a water tank overflowing at Littlewoods, in the Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough.

Upstairs stock rooms were flooded, and water in first-floor staff corridors was 2in deep.

The water began dripping through ceilings into the shop below.

Firefighters isolated electricity supplies to overhead lights and heating systems, and helped mop up using buckets and shovels.