For many residents of the Chubu region, the typhoon season brings with it a sense of trepidation.

Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of a killer storm -- remembered as the Ise Bay Typhoon -- that swept through the region, claiming more than 5,000 lives.

Nagoya's Minami Ward, which sits just below sea level, was hardest hit as the typhoon approached the area during high tide the night of Sept. 26, 1959.