Footage shows the strong winds from Typhoon Vamco bringing down a utility pole in Camarines Norte, Philippines, on Wednesday (November 11).

Onlooker Mark Paniones said: "We have also been without electricity for a few days due to the previous typhoon and the pole was only rebuilt a few hours before Typhoon Ulysses arrived."

The scene came as winds of up to 80 mph battered the Philippines on Wednesday night before dumping rainwater and causing severe flooding.

By midday on Thursday (November 12), hundreds of thousands of homes in the city had been left without power or Internet connections. Residents stuck in their homes were unable to leave to get food.

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.