Tropical Storm Wipha has thrown air travel into disarray across Southeast Asia. The storm, which began as a low-pressure system off the coast of the Philippines, has grown stronger and now affects five countries: the Philippines,

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam braced for Typhoon Wipha on Monday as coastal provinces were placed on emergency alert and airlines canceled flights ahead of the storm’s expected landfall early Tuesday.

Despite knee-high water flooding their church, Filipino couple Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar decided to go ahead with their scheduled wedding. The couple exchanged their vows on Tuesday in front of friends and family inside the historic Barasoain Church in Malolos in Bulacan province, according to reports.

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

On Tuesday, the Barasoain church in Malolos, Bulacan province, Philippines, flooded due to heavy rain. Typhoon Wipha had intensified seasonal monsoon rains in the Philippines, bringing widespread flooding.

Three Filipinos were dead and over 300,000 individuals have been affected by Typhoon Wipha in recent days, Philippine authorities said Sunday,

Tropical Storm Wipha made landfall in northern Vietnam Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds that knocked out power in parts of Hung Yen Province.