This is the amusing moment three friends floated through flooded roads on an inflatable sofa.

The lads relaxed on the couch while drinking whiskey and coke after Typhoon Vamco caused severe floods in parts of Manila, the Philippines, on Thursday (November 12).

Onlooker Mark Carandang recorded the men in the Pasig City area of the capital, which was one of the worst-hit areas after the Marikina River overflowed.

He said: "This experience is almost the same during the typhoon Ondoy in 2009, but we feel more prepared now and have managed to show how resilient Filipinos are."

Typhoon Vamco, also known as Ulysses, made landfall in the 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.

It brought heavy rain and winds of up to 80 mph when it smashed into Manila on Wednesday night.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said that as of Friday, 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 Two typhoon and made 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.