This is the relatable moment hungry customers carried on eating - even as strong winds whipped through a barbecue restaurant in Thailand.

Video shows the diners gorging on the cooker meat, unfazed by the thunderstorm lashing Samut Prakan province on August 15.

Wearing their colourful raincoats, they soldiered on through the inclement weather to finish their meal.

Customer Yonlada Kawong said: 'Nothing can stop us from eating. Not even the rain.'

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.

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