Important Facts for Prelims (7th January 2019) | 07 Jan 2019

Cyclone Pabuk

• The India meteorological department (IMD) has issued an orange warning for the Andaman and Nicobar islands as cyclonic storm Pabuk is approaching the archipelago.
• It originated over the Gulf of Thailand.
• An “orange” weather warning means people should “be prepared” and there is an increased likelihood of bad or extreme weather, which may disrupt road and air travel and threaten life and property.
• The only typhoon ever known to have hit Thailand was Gay (in November 1989).
• It has been named by Laos.

  Stage of warning	Colour code
  Cyclone Alert	Yellow
  Cyclone Warning	Orange
  Post landfall outlook	Red