Raging floods cascaded down a dirt road as Typhoon Nesat dumped heavy rain in northern Philippines

Footage shows the deluge surging down a neighbourhood street in Calanasan town, Apayao province on October 16. High waters prevented residents from leaving their homes.

Villagers, speaking to local media, said the rains began on October 15 evening before the typhoon touched down in the country.

Nesat, packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometres per hour, battered houses in Claveria town, Cagayan province, on October 16 after undergoing 'extreme rapid intensification,' state weather agency PAGASA said.

Known locally as 'Neneng,' it made landfall in the Philippines on October 16.

More than 7,500 families in the country's northern regions were affected by the typhoon. The national disaster council has reported no deaths, injuries, or missing persons as of October 17.

Nesat has left the Philippine monitoring area on Monday, but PAGASA warned of occasional showers due to the southwesterlies amplified by the weather system.