A quarantine checkpoint was flooded after heavy rain hit southern Philippines.

Onlooker Marilou Aclao filmed the road submerged in dirty water in Digos City, Davao del Sur on November 25.

She said: ‘I was scared that the flood might damage my car, but we had no choice but to drive through it. This is the first time this has happened in 11 years.’

State weather agency PAGASA said the northeast monsoon and the Intertropical Convergence Zone were affecting the Philippine island of Mindanao.

The Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are nearing the end of their tropical monsoon rainy season, which lasts until late November. Soaring temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius are often followed by powerful tropical storms with thunder, lightning, rain and flash floods which cause rivers to flow faster and become dangerous.

Many of the under-developed nations struggle to cope with the heavy rain due to under-investment.