Brave rescuers risked their lives to save a pet dog stranded in high floods left from Typhoon Noru in Thailand.

Concerned villagers called the emergency services when they saw the mixed-breed Thai Bangkaew pooch being washed away by the muddy torrents in Lopburi province on October 1.

The personnel arrived at the scene and found the animal almost fully submerged and struggling to keep afloat amid the strong currents.

One rescuer tied a rope around himself before leaping into the deluge to carry the stranded canine. However, it was too terrified and refused to be held by the stranger.

Unwilling to give up, the man then swam behind the dog and pushed its rear end to guide it towards the rescue team. It took 30 minutes for it to be brought up to safety.

A villager said the dog had been walking with its master, but it accidentally slipped and fell into the canal. The panicked owner was unable to help it as he was carrying groceries.

The villager said: 'It's good that the rescuers came to help the little one just in time before it could lose strength and drown.'

Local media reported the water level in Lopburi is continuing to rise as more rain batters the province. Rivers are also swollen from the run-off caused by Typhoon Noru, which dumped large amounts of water in the northeast regions last week.

The water has flowed from mountains into streams and rivers that flow through the country into the central region, where the rivers are now overflowing causing floods.

Typhoon Noru made landfall in Vietnam last Wednesday and weakened to a tropical depression as it moved into Thailand on Thursday, September 29.

One person in Thailand's Sisaket province died when powerful winds knocked a tree onto a pickup truck, injuring two others inside.

While in the Philippines, where Noru first struck, at least 10 people were killed and an estimated 50,000 displaced by the severe weather.