Brave villagers rescue neighbour stranded in flood as record rainfall batters Philippines town

Brave villagers rescued their neighbour who was stranded in floods as record rainfall battered a town in the Philippines today.

Dramatic footage shows the locals helping a woman hanging onto debris as she floated on the deluge that hit Catarman town in Northern Samar province on November 21. They used a log as a makeshift life preserver while paddling through the swamp to reach safety.