A clever pet dog was seen swimming to safety during typhoon floods in the Philippines.

Footage captured by Celeste Pearl Dela Cruz shows the black Aspin paddling through murky water to reach a set of stairs in Danao, Cebu.

The canine struggles to mount a wooden platform but eventually manages to climb up on November 4.

Kalmaegi, locally known as Tino, has killed at least 188 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across the country. Another 135 people remain missing.

State weather bureau PAGASA said the storm dumped more than a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours in Southern Leyte and Cebu.

The storm later made landfall in central Vietnam late on Thursday, uprooting trees, damaging homes, and causing widespread power outages before weakening as it moved inland.

No official death toll has been released, but state-run media reported one fatality in Dak Lak province after a house collapsed.

Climate experts said typhoons are becoming stronger due to human-induced climate change. Warmer ocean temperatures allow storms to intensify rapidly, while a hotter atmosphere holds more moisture, leading to heavier rainfall.