Typhoon Paka, named Rubing by PAGASA, was an extremely powerful and long-lived storm that devastated Guam and the Marshall Islands in December 1997. One of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded in December, Paka was the last tropical cyclone of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season and 1997 Pacific typhoon season and the last of a record eleven super typhoons that formed in 1997.
Typhoon Paka, named Rubing by PAGASA, was an extremely powerful and long-lived storm that devastated Guam and the Marshall Islands in December 1997. One of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded in December, Paka was the last tropical cyclone of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season and 1997 Pacific typhoon season and the last of a record eleven super typhoons that formed in 1997.
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