downpour

“While most people were trying to dodge the downpour—TV screens giving up one by one, umbrellas suddenly becoming the hottest commodity in the room—we at InPlanet were secretly thrilled,” he said.

Authorities have warned of moderate to heavy downpours in central Vietnam through Sunday at least.

Heavier downpours might materialize in some locations, forecasters said.

"The tents endured two years under the sun and two years under the rain and they couldn't last this downpour."

The downpour was so heavy because it pulled in moisture all the way from Hawaii as it rotated, said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.