reach typhoon strength on the 19th, but a developing tropical storm to its northeast caused it to weaken. The building of the subtropical ridge forced Dinah to the southwest, where it hit southern Vietnam on the 23rd as a tropical depression. The remnants turned northward, crossed the Gulf of Tonkin, and dissipated over China on the 27th. Dinah brought heavy rain and flooding to Luzon that killed 54 people and left 11 others missing. Tropical Depression Narsing The depression lasted two days. Severe Tropical Storm Emma Emma recurved from Japan. Severe Tropical Storm Freda (Pining) Tropical Storm Freda struck Hong Kong killing one person. Typhoon Gilda Gilda recurved from Japan. JMA Tropical Storm Fifteen Existed way off Japan. Tropical Depression Rubing The depression was short-lived. Tropical Storm Harriet (Saling) Harriet stayed at sea. Typhoon Ivy Ivy also stayed at sea. Typhoon Jean Typhoon Jean was a tropical depression. It quickly became a tropical storm and on October 31, became a typhoon. Tropical Depression Tasing This depression was short-lived. Typhoon Kim (Unding) Typhoon Kim was a 150 mph super typhoon that hit the northern Philippines on November 13. The typhoon's heavy rains caused flash flooding that left 55 people dead with widespread damage. A further 47 people died when the upper floors of a hotel caught fire during the storm. Typhoon Lucy (Walding) Lucy recurved from The Philippines. Typhoon Mary (Yeyeng) Mary moved through the Marshall Islands. Storm names Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1977 was named Patsy and the final one was named Mary. Philippines The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1981 season. This is the same list used for the 1973 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not