History of Marikina

In 2006, under Republic Act No. 9364 signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Marikina was divided into two congressional districts serving two representatives in 2007. On September 26, 2009, Marikina suffered and widely devastated by flash flood from overflowed Marikina River due to torrential rains caused by Tropical Storm Ondoy, and this was the worst flooding in the Marikina for the past 2 decades. Marikina River reached 23-meter high of water. Marikina was declared under state of calamity, flood water flowed throughout the towns and barangays. The national and international aides arrived immediately in Marikina for relief, retrieval and recovery operations.

On August 7, 2012, Marikina suffered and was devastated by flood from overflowed Marikina River reached almost 20 meters, a level is enough to inundate 30% of Marikina, due to torrential rains caused by 8-day active Southwest Monsoon or Habagat, which this period surpassed the amount of total rainfall that bring of Tropical Storm Ondoy for just 7 hours on September 26, 2009