Strong winds peeled aluminium panels off a building facade as Tropical Storm Trami battered the Philippines.

Footage shows the gusts pounding through the area and stripping the metal sheets off the structure in Cebu City today, October 23.

Residents and workers ran below, rushing to reach home with dark storm clouds looming over.

Trami, known locally as Kristine, intensified into a tropical storm as it churned over the Philippine Sea on October 22.

Philippine weather agency PAGASA said in its 5pm bulletin today that the storm was moving northwestward at 12 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 59 miles per hour and gustiness of up to 71 miles per hour.

Authorities said at least seven people have died, and thousands have fled to evacuation shelters as storm warnings were raised across the northern and central parts of the country.

It was expected to make landfall in the Philippines on Wednesday or Thursday.