The name Pabuk has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by Laos and refers to Mekong giant catfish, found in the Mekong River and its tributaries. * Typhoon Pabuk (2001) (T0111, 14W) – struck Japan * Typhoon Pabuk (2007) (T0706, 07W, Chedeng) – struck Taiwan and China * Severe Tropical Storm Pabuk (2013) (T1320, 19W) – classified as a typhoon by the JTWC * Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019) (T1901, 36W) – earliest-forming tropical storm on record in the Northwest Pacific, surpassing Alice in 1979