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1976 Pacific typhoon season
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The 1976 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1976, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line.
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The 1976 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1976, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1976 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.
Storms
25 tropical storms formed this year in the Western Pacific. 14 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 4 reached super typhoon strength.
Typhoon Kathy
Tropical Storm Lorna
Typhoon Marie
Tropical Storm Nancy
Typhoon Olga (Didang)
The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression east of the Philippines on May 10. It tracked generally westward, reaching tropical storm status on the 13th while remaining poorly organized. On the 14th Olga relocated to the southeast, and regained tropical storm strength after weakening. The storm headed to the northwest, and looped in response to the approach of a long wave trough. After returning to a westward movement Olga, despite unfavorable wind shear, strengthened to a typhoon on the 20th. It rapidly intensified that night, and hit eastern Luzon early on the 21st as a typhoon. It drifted across the island, and turned northward in the South China Sea. Olga moved rapidly to the northeast, and on the 28th Olga was absorbed by a subtropical disturbance. Olga brought torrential flooding, at some points as much as of rain. Because of this, 200 people were killed and thousands were left homeless. Olga also destroyed many of the sets used during the filming of Apocalypse Now.
Super Typhoon Pamela
The near equatorial trough produced a tropical depression on May 14 north of Chuuk. It moved southwestward, becoming a tropical storm on the 15th. Pamela slowly looped to the northwest, and reached typhoon status on the 16th. On the 18th and 19th, Pamela rapidly intensified to a super typhoon, and slowly weakened as it continued its northwest movement. On May 21 the typhoon crossed Guam with sustained winds of . After slowly crossing the island, Pamela turned to the north, and weakened until becoming extratropical on the 26th. Pamela was the strongest typhoon to hit Guam since Super Typhoon Karen in 1962. Though Karen was much stronger, Pamela's slow crossing caused much more damage, amounting to $500 million (1976 USD, $1.7 billion 2005 USD). Well-executed warnings allowed for only one death in Guam. Before Typhoon Pamela hit Guam, ten people died in a landslide in Truk (Chuuk) from its heavy rains.
Typhoon Ruby
The monsoon trough spawned Tropical Depression 7W on June 20. It headed westward, slowly organizing into a tropical storm on the 23rd. Ruby turned to the northwest, and reached typhoon strength just before hitting Luzon on the 25th. It crossed the island, weakening to a tropical storm before turning to the northeast in the South China Sea. Ruby again became a typhoon on the 28th, and on July 2, the typhoon reached a peak of winds while south of Japan. The typhoon turned to the east, and became extratropical on the 3rd. 16 people were killed from the typhoon.
Typhoon Sally
Super Typhoon Therese
Typhoon Therese, which developed on July 8, explosively deepened on the 12th and 13th to a super typhoon. Therese weakened as it continued to the northwest, and struck southwest Japan on the 19th as a tropical storm. It looped to the west, and dissipated on the 21st. Therese caused heavy flooding, killing 3 people and causing millions in damage.
Tropical Storm Violet
Tropical Storm Violet struck Hong Kong and Hainan Island killing 2 people.
Tropical Storm Wilda
Typhoon Anita
Typhoon Billie
When Typhoon Billie hit eastern Taiwan and China, it caused heavy flooding and wind damage, amounting to 4 casualties (with 8 missing and 41 drownings) and $2.6 million in damage (1976 USD).
Tropical Storm Clara
Tropical Storm Dot
Tropical Storm Ellen
Tropical Storm Ellen struck Hong Kong killing 27 people and left 3 missing.
Super Typhoon Fran
An area of disturbed weather organized into Tropical Depression 17W on September 2. It tracked northwestward, becoming a tropical storm on the 4th and a typhoon on the 6th. Fran rapidly intensified to a super typhoon on the 7th, and weakened as it turned northward. After stalling and drifting to the west, Fran continued its northward movement, hit southwestern Japan on the 12th, and became extratropical in the Sea of Japan on the 13th. The storm caused heavy flooding and wind damage, causing 133 fatalities (with 32 missing) and $572 million in damage (1976 USD, $1.9 billion in 2005 USD), the worst Japanese typhoon in over 10 years.
Tropical Storm Georgia
Typhoon Hope
Typhoon Iris
Typhoon Joan
Super Typhoon Louise
Tropical Storm Marge
Tropical Storm Nora
Tropical Storm Opal
1976 storm names
Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1976 was named Kathy and the final one was named Opal.
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- v style="color: #888;">Bonnie
- v style="color: #888;">Della
- v style="color: #888;">Faye
- v style="color: #888;">Hester
- v style="color: #888;">Judy
- v style="color: #888;">Lola
- v style="color: #888;">Nina
- v style="color: #888;">Phyllis
- v style="color: #888;">Susan
- v style="color: #888;">Viola
- div style="color: #888;">Alice
- v style="color: #888;">Cora
- v style="color: #888;">Elsie
- v style="color: #888;">Grace
- v style="color: #888;">Ida
- hy 1W
- Lorna 2W
- Marie 3W
- Nancy 4W
- Olga 5W
- Pamela 6W
- Ruby 7W
- Sally 8W
- Therese 9W
- Violet 10W
- Wilda 11W
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- Anita 12W
- Billie 13W
- Clara 14W
- Dot 15W
- Ellen 16W
- Fran 17W
- Georgia 18W
- Hope 19W
- Iris 20W
- Joan 21W
- Kate 22C
- Louise 23W
- Marge 24W
- Nora 25W
- Opal 26W
- v style="color: #888;">Ruth
- v style="color: #888;">Thelma
- v style="color: #888;">Wanda
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- v style="color: #888;">Babe
- v style="color: #888;">Dinah
- v style="color: #888;">Freda
- v style="color: #888;">Harriet
- v style="color: #888;">Jean
- v style="color: #888;">Lucy
- v style="color: #888;">Nadine
- v style="color: #888;">Polly
- v style="color: #888;">Shirley
- v style="color: #888;">Virginia
- ne Central Pacific system developed, Hurricane Kate. The policy at the time was to use Western Pacific names the Central Pacific.
See also
External links
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- [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html Joint Typhoon Warning Center].
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