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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 1951 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 Typhoon Joan Typhoon Ruth Ruth struck Japan on October 15 , killing 943 people and destroying 34,000 buildings. 1951 STORM NAMES The names Ora and Pat were retired after this year. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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