 On November 21 , an area of convection west of the International Date Line organized into Tropical Disturbance . It looped , then tracked to the west where it strengthened into Tropical Deppression 27W on November 23 , In the next day it was named Tropical Storm Pamela on November 24 . It continued west @-@ northwestward , reaching typhoon intensity on the 26th . Pamela reached a peak of 100 knots ( 190 km / h ) winds as it crossed the Marshall Islands , and as it continued westward , residents of Guam were afraid of the devastating Super Typhoon Pamela of 1976 . It approached the island as a weakened tropical storm on December 1 , but only brought minor winds and damage . Pamela looped to the southwest on the 4th , strengthened to a typhoon but weakened back to a tropical storm . It restrengthened to a typhoon just before hitting the Philippines on the 7th . The storm dissipated on the 9th , after causing moderate to extensive damage to the islands of the West Pacific . 
