Tail end of the storm

Typhoon Damrey passed over in late September 2005 - somewhere between Katrina and Rita if I remember correctly. It was not only late in the season, but the worst typhoon in nearly a decade. Crops ready for harvest were destroyed. Unlike New Orleans, the Vietnamese were well prepared and troops were out sandbagging and evacuating people well before the storm hit. By the time it reached Hanoi, which is about 120 km inland, it was just a rain depression. We had heavy rain for about a week. In past years when it has rained like that, the city drainage system couldn't cope and floods were everywhere, but in the last 5-6 years the drainage system has improved so much that streets in the centre of the city that used to go a foot under water were clear all week.