What is Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019)?
{{Infobox Hurricane Small |Basin=WPac/NIO |Formed=December 31 |Dissipated=January 6 |Image=Pabuk 2019-01-04 0640Z.jpg |Track=Pabuk 2019 track.png |10-min winds=50 |3-min winds=50 |1-min winds=60 |Pressure=994 }} '''Tropical Storm Pabuk''', also referred to as '''Cyclonic Storm Pabuk''', was a weak storm that hit the [[Malay Peninsula]] in January 2019. It was also the earliest storm in both the Western Pacific and North Indian Ocean basins on record. Forming on the last day of 2018, Pabuk went into 2019 and crossed into the North Indian Ocean basin several days later. The first storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon and North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons, Pabuk first appeared as a tropical disturbance in the South China Sea on December 28, 2018, which organized into a tropical depression on December 31. Pabuk killed a total of 10 people, and the storm caused an estimated total of [[United States dollar|USS$]]95 million in damages. In Thailand, eight people were killed and the economic losses were estimated at $93.8 million. Pabuk also caused one death each in Vietnam and Malaysia. == Storm history == [[File:Pabuk_2019_track.png|200px|thumb|Track of Pabuk]] A tropical disturbance formed over the southern portion of the [[South China Sea]] on December 28, 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=97W INVEST |url=https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc18/WPAC/97W.INVEST/trackfile.txt |publisher=[[United States Naval Research Laboratory]] |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/756BcJxAO?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/97WINVEST_201812280000.htm |archive-date=1 January 2019 |date=28 December 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> absorbing the remnants of [[:en:2018 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Depression 35W (Usman)|Tropical Depression 35W (Usman)]] on December 30.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tropical Depression 35W (Thirtyfive) Warning Nr 023 |url=http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/wt/wtpn31.pgtw..txt |publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://www.we