This calamity brought back painful memories of typhoon Ondoy in 2009 that inundated wide swaths of Metro Manila, typhoon Sendong in 2011 that flooded vast areas of Northern Mindanao and the Visayas and other storms and floods that struck the country in the past.
Sinariwa ng sakunang ito ang mapait na alaala ng bagyong Ondoy ng 2009 na naglubog sa malaking bahagi ng Metro Manila, ng bagyong Sendong noong 2011 na naglubog sa malaking bahagi ng Northern Mindanao at Visayas at iba pang bagyo at pagbaha nitong nagdaang mga taon.