Footage shows a house being carried away by a raging river as Super Typhoon Doksuri brought heavy rain and wind to the Philippines on Tuesday, July 25.

The structure was dragged into the torrents in Bacolod on the northwest coast of Negros Island, around 500 miles south of the capital Manila.

The typhoon, known as Egay in the Philippines, battered the country but weakened slightly overnight to become the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, losing its super typhoon status on July 26.

Rain later battered cities in Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon when Typhoon Doskuri barrelled past the country towards neighbouring country China where it was expected to make landfall.

Businesses and schools were shut while airlines cancelled hundreds of flights. There were also warnings of landslides and flash floods from the heavy downpours.