Flood waters completely cut off Kuwana City in Mie Prefecture. More than 400 were believed dead or missing.
The 7,142-ton Australian Passenger-freight ship Changsha ran aground at Yokkaichi with 44 passengers aboard. (See page 195).
Along with the immediate effects of the typhoon, there were also numerous long-range problems with which to deal. For example, there was the problem of food. Authorities said that the daily ration of food for the affected citizens had been sharply reduced and hunger was widespread.
Dysentery and other epidemics became rampant in flooded southern Nagoya. Health authorities said that more than 170 dysentery cases were reported in the city's southern district, despite frantic disinfection work. Several cases of gangrene and tetanus were reported in the same district.
Flood waters that surged over the Nagoya harbor in typhoon VERA's wake contaminated drinking water, and water supplies dwindled very rapidly.
Although the majority of homeless victims found refuge in ward offices and schools, the shelter problems became more acute than before.
Refugees streaming toward the shelter of ward offices and schools were drenched by post-typhoon rain. Most of the pitiful handfuls of clothing and bedding they managed to salvage from their flooded homes were water-soaked.
In conclusion, VERA goes down in history as the most destructive of typhoon in the number of lives lost and amount of property damage.
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