This is the dramatic moment a villager was rescued from a flood spawned by Typhoon Toraji in the Philippines.

The man had reportedly been walking on the banks of the swollen Cagayan River when the ground beneath him gave way in Amulung town, Cagayan province, on November 12 afternoon.

Rescue teams who were conducting search operations in the area rushed to his aid.

Video shows the local holding onto a rope held by other residents standing on the edge of the eroded riverbank as the Task Force Lingkod Cagayan Quick Response Team approached him on a boat.

An officer said: 'This man almost drowned. Luckily he was able to hold onto the rope. He looked like he was drunk. He might have been drinking alcohol.'

The Cagayan Provincial Information Office said: 'Rescuers are urging the public to follow advisories to avoid life-threatening situations.'

Philippine weather agency PAGASA said Toraji, locally called Nika, touched down in Dilasag town in northeastern Aurora province at 8:10 am local time on November 11, with sustained winds of up to 81 miles per hour.

Thousands of residents were forcibly evacuated from their homes in the Philippines' northern provinces which were ravaged by four cyclones in less than a month. Schools and government offices were also closed in areas expected to be hit hardest by the typhoon.

Toraji whirled across the mountainous main island of Luzon before exiting into the South China Sea as a tropical storm. It left the Philippine storm monitoring zone at 2 pm on November 12 but PAGASA said it was now observing Tropical Storm Usagi, which entered the zone at 3 am on Tuesday.

The relentless storms come on the heels of three other cyclones that killed 159 people in less than a month.

The Philippines experiences frequent and intense storms especially during the typhoon season from June to November, due to its location in the Pacific typhoon belt. These storms often bring heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding that cause significant damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and communities.