A brave boy rescued his pet dog from floods after Typhoon Vamco submerged their house in Bulacan province, Philippines on Thursday (November 12).

Khert Acena was seen swimming through floodwater while their dog sat on a makeshift boat.

Sheng Acena, the boy's sister, said their dog Teitei was washed away by the water so the little boy did all he could to save the animal.

She said: "We did not expect that the flood caused by the typhoon would be so severe. So we are not ready for this to happen."

The uplifting scene came as winds of up to 80 mph smashed into the region on Wednesday night before dumping rainwater.

Vamco made landfall in Quezon province on Luzon island on Tuesday evening before leaving the region and moving towards the capital Manila, home to more than two million people, where it made landfall again.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said that at least 38 people have been killed by typhoon Vamco, or Ulysses, and dozens more are still missing.

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.