Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for PABUK-18
in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone PABUK-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000539
Name PABUK-18
From - To 31 Dec - 05 Jan
Exposed countries Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 102 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1 m (03 Jan 07:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Myanmar)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
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Thailand - Tropical cyclone PABUK update (ECHO 08 Jan 2019)Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:03

  • Tropical cyclone PABUK made landfall in the Nakhon Si Thammarat province on 4 January. As of 8 January at 8.00 UTC, four people have reportedly been killed, approximately 700 000 evacuated and at least 2 000 homes damaged.
Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, India - Tropical storm PABUK update (ECHO 04 Jan 2019)Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:02

  • Tropical storm PABUK continued north-west towards southern Thailand, strengthening. On 4 January at 0.00 UTC, its centre was approx. 205 km south-east of Nakhon Si Thammarat with maximum sustained winds of 93 km/h.
  • It is forecast to reach south Sichon on 4 January at 12.00 UTC with maximum sustained winds up to 110 km/h and to reach the Andaman Islands (India) on 6 January.
  • Heavy rainfall, with the risk of flash flooding and landslides, strong winds and storm surge could affect southern Thailand, southern Myanmar, northern Malaysia and Andaman Islands over 4-6 January.
  • The Authorities in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province (Thailand) have issued evacuation orders for more than 30 000 people living in six seaside districts.
Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia – Tropical storm PABUK (ECHO 03 Jan 2019)Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:02

  • Tropical storm PABUK continued west-north-west towards southern Thailand strengthening. On 3 January at 0.00 UTC, its center was located approx. 250 km north-east of Kuala Terengganu (Terengganu State, Malaysia) and 650 km south-east of Nakhon Si Thammarat (Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand) with maximum sustained winds of 74 km/h.
  • Over the next 24 hours, it is forecast to continue north-west, strengthening, and could make landfall as a tropical storm in southern Thailand on the morning of 4 January.
  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast for southern Thailand, northern Malaysia, southern Myanmar, southern Vietnam, and southern Cambodia from 3-5 January.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 261 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Rob McElweeTue, 08 Jan 2019 23:30:00 +0100.

08 Jan 2019 21:50 GMT Southeast Asia records unusual January rain Pabuk may no longer be a cyclone, but its influence can be seen in the form of rare winter rains from Myanmar to China. 02 Dec 2018 13:20 GMT Eastern Europe set for break fr
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Thailand: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot ... Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:59:00 +0100.

THAILAND. Tropical Storm Pabuk made landfall in southern Thailand on 4 January, bringing widespread and torrential rainfall affecting 720,885 people and damaging farmland and houses in 16 provinces. Provincial authorities are leading the re
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Thailand monitors supply of goods in storm-hit areasMon, 07 Jan 2019 12:26:00 +0100.

People return to their village in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Pabuk on Jan. 5 in Pak Phanang, Nakhon Si Thammarat. (Photo: AP/Sumeth Panpetch) Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The Thai Ministry of Commerce is monitoring the supply of everyday produ
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Serbian coach sacked after Thai thrashing in Asian CupMon, 07 Jan 2019 02:21:00 +0100.

by Tim Newton. Now the actual storm has passed, a media storm is brewing over two key issues – tourists claiming they had little knowledge about the approaching storm and local tour operators, especially in the Andaman region, who say the m
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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04/Jan/2019 06:23 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),