[2] Vera caused widespread flooding throughout Eastern China,[3] with the worst damage occurring in Zhejiang Province, which reached $351 million (1989 USD), and at least 162 people were killed in and 354 were missing.

[3][4] Additionally, significant losses also occurred in nearby Jiangsu Province, where 34 people were killed and an estimated 2,000 more were injured.

On September 10, 1989, an area of low-level convergence developed within a monsoon trough several hundred kilometers north of Guam.

The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitor the disturbance on September 11, and issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) early that morning.

Vera continued to intensify and reached its peak intensity at 12:00 UTC on September 13, with maximum sustained winds of 95 km/h (60 mph) and a central pressure of 964 mbar (hPa; 28.47 inHg).

The system tracked east-northeast for several days, passing over South Korea and northern Japan before moving over north Pacific Ocean.

Vera was last noted as a powerful system near the International Date Line on September 19 with a central pressure of 964 mbar (hPa; 28.47 inHg).

[2] Although only a tropical storm at landfall, torrential rains associated with Vera triggered widespread flooding throughout eastern China.