Source: PIB & IMD
| NAME OF THE CYCLONE/STORM | ORIGIN, & AREAS OF AFFECTED | NAMED BY | SPECIAL FEATURE |
| PABUK | Origin: Pabuk originated as a tropical disturbance in the South China Sea(Gulf of Thailand) on December 28, 2018, which organized into a tropical depression on December 31. A day later, on January 1, 2019, the system intensified into a tropical storm and was named Pabuk Areas Affected: Malaya Peninsula, Andaman, and Nicobar, Myanmar, Vietnam, The adjoining areas of east-central and south-east Bay of Bengal | Pabuk is a name given by Laos and means a ‘big freshwater fish’. |
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| FANI | Origin: Fani originated from a tropical depression that formed west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean on 26 April. Areas Affected: Odisha, West Bengal, Andra Pradesh, East India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka | The name of the Cyclone ‘Fani’, pronounced as ‘Foni’ was suggested by Bangladesh. It means ‘Snake’ or ‘hood of the snake’. |
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| VAYU | Origin: Vayu originated from a low-pressure area that was first noted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on 9 June, near the northern Maldives. After consolidating into a depression, the storm tracked slowly north-northwestward over the eastern Arabian Sea, and reached cyclonic storm intensity late on 10 June. Areas Affected: the Maldives, India(Gujarat), Pakistan, Oman | The name Vayu was provided by India, and is derived from a Sanskrit and Hindi word meaning ‘wind’. |
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| HIKAA | Origin: Arabian Sea Areas Affected: Gujarat, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen | The name ‘Hikka’ or ‘Makunu Hikka’ has been given by the Maldives | – |
| BULBUL | Origin: Andaman Sea/ Bay of Bengal Areas Affected: Myanmar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Eastern India, Bangladesh | After crossing the Indochinese Peninsula, Severe Tropical Storm Matmo’s remnants entered the Andaman Sea. It began to organize over the southern Bay of Bengal in the beginning of November, then it slowly intensified into a cyclonic storm as it moved north. |
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| KYAR | Origin: East-central Arabian Sea Areas Affected: Western India, Oman, Yemen, Somalia | Myanmar |
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| MAHA | Origin: Arabian Sea Areas Affected: Sri Lanka, Southern India, Maldives, Western India, Oman | Pakistan | It was an extremely severe cyclonic storm |
| PAWAN | Origin: Southwestern Arabian Sea, east of Somalia Areas Affected: India, Somalia | Sri Lanka | It was the 5th cyclone to enter the Arabian sea in 2019 |
The naming of cyclones over North Indian Ocean
The names of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea are decided by eight countries. Each of them lists out eight names which are approved by the weathermen of these countries. So each time the list has 64 names. The countries take turns to name the cyclones. The first cyclone named by India was Agni, in 2004, and the last one was Vayu in 2019
The countries that get to name the cyclones are India, Pakistan, Oman, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand
