Wading down the aisle: Filipino couple tie the knot in flooded church

Their vows may as well have included "come hell or high water".

- Raul Dancel

As large swathes of the Philippine capital of Manila suffered through days of torrential rain and massive flooding, Mr Jade Rick Verdillo and Ms Jamaica Aguilar pressed on with their wedding on July 22 — even if it meant marching down an aisle blanketed in knee-deep floodwater.

The couple were aware that it was the worst time to be getting hitched in church.

For days since Typhoon Wipha made landfall on July 19, the Philippines had been battered by incessant rain that set off floods across metropolitan Manila and ground life to a halt.

But the date had been set, invitations sent out, and their guests had RSVP'd.

"We just mustered enough courage," Mr Verdillo told the Associated Press.

He said he and his bride saw the experience as "just a test".