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The worst flooding occurred on August 7 along the Marikina River, which swelled to near-record levels. During the afternoon the river reached a height of 20.6 m (68 ft), well beyond the flood level of 16 m (52 ft) and about 3 m (9.8 ft) above its banks but below the record level set during Typhoon Ketsana.
The Marikina River has a number of tributaries in the form of creeks and rivers, and at least one former river-section in Marikina's Barangay Tumana from which the original flow of the river has been diverted. These tributaries drain four municipalities and one city in the province of Rizal, and three cities in the Philippines' National Capital ...
Some of the most severe flooding took place along the Marikina River, which swelled to near-record levels. During the afternoon of 7 August, the river reached a height of 20.6 m (68 ft), well beyond the flood level of 16 m (52 ft) and about 3 m (9.8 ft) below the record level set during Typhoon Ketsana.
Five thousand people left their homes due to high-water levels reached by the Marikina river in metropolitan Manila, Philippines, on Saturday, August 11.The Marikina Public Information Office ...
Continuous heavy rains, massive flooding and landslides across the Philippines killed at least 13 people and displaced more than 600,000, and an oil tanker capsized off the country’s coast ...
On September 26, 2009, Marikina was severely affected by Tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy), which submerged majority of Metro Manila, with Marikina River reaching a record high, more than 21 meters, [a] and half of its barangays flooded, particularly in Tumana (also the hardest-hit by the 2012 rains); [42] resulted to 70 deaths and more than ₱27 ...
Two other rivers, the Meycauayan River and Polo River that drains Malabon and Valenzuela dump their water here. Another great rivers, the Santa Maria River and Balagtas River meet up with the Marilao River in the Obando area before reaching Manila Bay. Meycauayan River: Major channel. Drains water from Valenzuela and Meycauayan in Bulacan.
Typhoon Vamco brought some of the worst flooding in years to the Manila area on Nov. 11, 202 with around 40,000 homes fully or partially submerged in Marikina City alone.