This is the moment two men believed to be security guards go above and beyond the call of duty when they try to hold up a tree to stop it from falling on a parked car.

The incident was filmed by an eyewitness in a nearby apartment block showing the moment the typhoon struck the city of Suzhou in south-eastern Jiangsu Province of East China.

The security guard spotted the tree was starting to tilt, over threatening to topple on the new looking car, and one of them rushed over to grab it and called his colleague.

Together they then kept the tree up in strong winds in order to prevent the car from being damaged.

Online commentators praised the dedication of the two men in protecting the car from damage as they used sometimes their full strength to hold it upright each time the wind really started to gust.