2025 Quezon City floods
Precipitation echoes on the Subic weather radar image taken on August 30, 2025 at 2:50pm. | |
| Cause | Heavy rain |
|---|---|
| Meteorological history | |
| Duration | August 30, 2025 |
| Flood | |
| Maximum rainfall | 121 mm (4.8 in) |
| Overall effects | |
| Areas affected | Quezon City and Nangka, Marikina |
On August 30, 2025, severe thunderstorms caused heavy rainfall in Metro Manila causing flooding in parts of southern Quezon City.
Flooding
On August 30, 2025, portions of Metro Manila experienced flooding with Quezon City and Nangka, Marikina noted to be most affected due to "heavy and intense" rainfall.[1][2] PAGASA attributes the flooding to severe thunderstorms.[3] The state weather bureau also has raised a thunderstorm advisories in nearby provinces aside from Metro Manila.[4]
The Quezon City government reported flooding in 36 of its 142 barangays in districts 1, 3, 4.[5] Flooding occurred in areas near creeks with alert lever 3 hoisted for San Juan River.[2] However it also included areas not typically prone to flooding with the city government admitting that its drainage system was overwhelmed.[6]
The rainfall was described to be "phenomenal" and even worse than precipitation caused by Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) of 2009. The PAGASA weather station at the Science Garden recorded a rainfall of 135.6 millimeters (5.34 in) between 8am of August 30 and the same time the next day. Most of the precipitation occurred from 2pm to 5pm with 116 mm (4.6 in) of rainfall described as "intense to torrential".[5] The one-hour rainfall recorded during the 2025 floods was 121 mm (4.8 in) exceeding Ketsena's average of 90 mm/h (3.5 in/h)[6]
Reactions
The Quezon City government vowed the official adoption of a QC Drainage Masterplan "as the sole source of the designs and implementation guide for all flood control projects in the city, whether it be local or nationa".[7]
The Makabayan bloc described the floods as disastrous but already expected. With the flooding happening during the August 2025 flood control projects controversy, Makabayan condemned corrupt officials and contractors for enriching themselves through anomalous flood control deals. They also underscored that national government's lack of coordination with local governments.[8]
References
- ^ Santos, Jamil (August 30, 2025). "Parts of Metro Manila flooded after heavy to intense rains". GMA News. Archived from the original on August 31, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ a b de Guzman, Miguel (August 31, 2025). "Why Quezon City was hit the hardest: Five days worth of rain dumped in just one hour". Philstar Life. Archived from the original on September 22, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn. "PAGASA details weather factors behind August 30 flash floods in Quezon City". Manila Bulletin. 31 August 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ "LIST: Flooded roads in Metro Manila due to thunderstorm". GMA News. August 30, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ a b "QC reels from 'Ondoy-like' floods as 36 barangays swamped". Daily Tribune. August 31, 2025. Archived from the original on October 1, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ a b Sampang, Dianne (August 31, 2025). "Quezon City drainage overwhelmed as downpour surpasses Ondoy record". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on August 31, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ Manahan, Job (August 31, 2025). "QC officials vow improvements to drainage after severe flooding". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on September 16, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ Quismorio, Ellson (August 31, 2025). "QC, Metro floods betray extent of DPWH corruption--Makabayan". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved August 31, 2025.