High waters caused partial suspension of rail and highway traffic, collapse of houses, and crop damage. On the evening of May 28, President Chiang Ching-kuo, deeply concerned about the ravages caused by the floods, called Magistrate Lin Pao-jen of Hsinchu County and Acting Magistrate Yeh Kuo-kuang of Taoyuan to inquire the extent of the disaster.
房屋全倒，半倒一二三間；部分鐵路、公路交通中斷；耕地及農作物埋沒、流失；糧食倉庫進水；林地衝毀；魚塭流損；並有八人死亡，一人失蹤，是十餘年來罕見的天然災害。