Cora made landfall in the Ryukyu Islands on August 19 right after the storm intensified into Category 2 status.

At 6:00 UTC, on August 12, 1969, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center began to monitor a tropical depression that had formed north of the Caroline Islands.

[2] A day later, on August 18, Typhoon Cora intensified into Category 2 status with winds up to 85 miles per hour (137 km/h).

[5] As a tropical depression, Cora brought rainfall over the Caroline Islands, one of them being the Woleai Atoll.

[6][7] After causing minor damage, Typhoon Cora then killed one person and injured 37 people on the island of Okinawa on August 19.