Tropical Storm Trami battered the Philippines leaving at least 24 people dead in catastrophic floods and landslides.

Drone footage shows floodwaters covering swathes of Catanauan town in Quezon province as rivers overflowed from torrential rains on October 23.

The Catanauan regional disaster office said at least 740 families in the municipality have been evacuated.

Disaster office head Marvelous Ferrer said: 'We recorded around 320mm within two days, so we expect that the flooding would be widespread.'

Trami, known locally as Kristine, intensified into a severe tropical storm as it churned over the Philippine Sea on October 23.

Philippine weather agency PAGASA said it made landfall over Isabela province in the country's northeast at 12:30am on Thursday, October 24.

Authorities said at least 24 people have died and thousands have fled to evacuation shelters as storm warnings were raised across the northern and central parts of the country.