Footage shows a white pickup truck submerged in a river when it was swept away by strong waves in Iloilo province, the Philippines on October 24 during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Trami.

The driver abandoned his car and was unhurt, but the vehicle was damaged and is still yet to be retrieved.

The fishermen were fed and given a health check before being taken to the nearest port.

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

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

Authorities said at least 46 people have died and thousands have fled to evacuation shelters as storm warnings were raised across the northern and central parts of the country.