A Chabad rabbi and his son have rescued a family from Florida after storm surges from hurricane Ian flooded their home.

Rabbi Yosef Konikov, the Director of Chabad in Orlando, posted a video on social media showing him and his son mounted on the back of an all-terrain vehicle delivering aid to residents.

Rabbi Konikov's son Levy, a certified lifeguard was also shown with him on the inflatable raft supporting their rescue vehicle.

Konikov said: "911 were not able to help, they were backed up with too many other life-threatening calls, so we stepped in."

The video shows the pair driving through deep dark water in a suburban residential area of South Florida. Houses can be seen mostly submerged by the fast-moving storm surge.

According to Chabad, the Rabbi and his son rescued a Jewish family consisting of two adults and two children as well as several pets from the family's home.

Other Jewish groups in the area were also affected including Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of the Chabad of Southwest Florida, who had to weather the storm at home as the weather changed over the Yontif.

He told Forward: "We couldn’t leave because we only found out after yontif and by then it was too late.”

Several other rabbis in the area have mobilised to support their local communities, offering shelter, food, and clothing to displaced families.

Hurricane Ian is one of the deadliest storms in Florida's history, leaving dozens of deaths and billions of dollars worth of property damage in its wake.

The storm first made landfall near the town of Fort Myers in central Florida, before wreaking havoc across the middle part of the state.

Florida is home to the third largest Jewish community in the US, with an estimated population of over 600,000 Jews, many of whom choose to retire in the warmer climates of the south Atlantic.