It intensified quickly and was named Vicki, eventually attaining typhoon status a day after it formed.

Unusual for a Pacific typhoon, the system moved eastward and crossed Luzon on September 18, bringing squally conditions to most parts of the island.

[3][4] After that, Vicki then moved northeast, and eventually made landfall on September 22 at the Kii Peninsula in Japan.

The ferry MV Princess of the Orient foundered and sank during the storm's onslaught, killing 70 and leaving 80 others missing and presumed dead.

[7] Vicki continued northeastward and hit southern Japan killing two women in Nara prefecture, damaging Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara city and the five-storied pagoda at Muro temple, disrupting train and passenger service and cancelling over 60 domestic flights in the country.