This is the moment a pickup truck trying to drive through heavy floods was pushed back by the muddy torrent in eastern Thailand.

Footage shows the vehicle forging through a swamped road in Rayong province, with the gushing water pummeling its bumper on September 7. The truck was eventually forced to back up and find an alternative route.

Knee-deep floods also entered villagers' homes as they awaited rescue by emergency services.

Rayong resident Tatchaporn Sataneewanit said: ‘Whenever there's rain, our city gets flooded. I'm starting to get tired carrying things back and forth.

‘I have never seen a flood this bad in the last 50 years. I hope the situation improves soon.'

Local authorities have asked residents to stay alert and to move their belongings to a higher area as more rain is expected in the coming days.

Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, are in the middle of their tropical monsoon rainy season, which lasts from May or June until 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.

This year, meteorologists have blamed climate change for the sustained heavy rain, which has been hitting the Thai capital and provinces around the country causing severe floods for several weeks.

Warnings of strong wind and storms were also issued for regions across the northeast, east, and south. Thailand's Center for Climate Change and Disaster claimed the coming months could see heavier, longer rainfalls, due to 'climate change'.

Local media reported that the country has this year seen 'an unusually sustained and persistent rainy season'.