Typhoon Vamco smashed into the Philippines' capital Manila on Wednesday night (November 11) causing severe flooding across the city.

Footage shows the devastating scene in Pasig City today where the Marikina River overflowed and submerged homes with floodwater around the Rosario Bridge area.

By midday today, hundreds of thousands of homes in the city were left without power or Internet connections. Residents stuck in their homes were unable to leave to get food.

''I can hear an elderly woman outside calling for help,'' said Christina, 27, a stranded office worker.

''Now the water's chest-deep and people are travelling around in boats. This is the worst I've ever seen it.''

The scenes came after heavy rain and winds of up to 80 mph hit the capital on Wednesday night, leaving terrified residents cowering in their homes.

Typhoon Vamco, referred to as Typhoon Ulysses in the Philippines, made landfall in Quezon province on Luzon island on Tuesday evening before moving towards the capital Manila, home to more than two million people.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Vamco was a Category 2 and issued a signal 3 warning, with signal 5 being the highest.

They warned of ‘’heavy damage to high-risk structures’’ and ‘’increasing damage to old, dilapidated residential structures, and houses of light materials.’’

The agency said there would be ‘’widespread disruption of electrical power and communication services.’’

The storm comes just over a week after Typhoon Goni, also known as Typhoon Rolly, killed 74 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the Philippines when it made landfall on November 1.