The name Pabuk has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
and refers to
Mekong giant catfish
The Mekong giant catfish (''Pangasianodon gigas''; th, ปลาบึก, , ; km, ត្រីរាជ /''trəy riec''/; vi, cá tra dầu), is a large, threatened species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the shark catfish family (Pang ...
, found in the
Mekong River and its tributaries.
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Typhoon Pabuk (2001)
Typhoon Pabuk was a high-end Category 2 typhoon that struck Japan in August 2001. As the tenth named storm and the fifth typhoon of the 2001 Pacific typhoon season, it originated from a tropical depression to the north-northwest of Saipan. It beg ...
(T0111, 14W) – struck Japan
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Typhoon Pabuk (2007) (T0706, 07W, Chedeng) – struck Taiwan and China
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Severe Tropical Storm Pabuk (2013)
The 2013 Pacific typhoon season was the most active Pacific typhoon season since 2004, and the deadliest since 1975 Pacific typhoon season. It featured one of the most powerful storms in history. It was an above-average season with 31 named sto ...
(T1320, 19W) – classified as a typhoon by the JTWC
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Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019)
Tropical Storm Pabuk, also referred to as Cyclonic Storm Pabuk, was a weak storm that struck the Malay Peninsula in January 2019. It was also the earliest-forming storm in both the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and North Indian Ocean basins on record ...
(T1901, 36W) – struck the Malay Peninsula
References
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Pacific typhoon set index articles