Checks on the department’s website showed that sea and wind conditions would return to safer levels by tomorrow with waves rising up to 1m on the west coast and 1.5m on the east coast. Wind conditions will also be reduced to up to 20kph in the east and up to 30kph in the west. Satellite images from the weather site www.windy.com showed that Pabuk would be making its way past southern Thailand and hit the Andaman Islands tomorrow. Civil Defence Force state director Lt-Kol Che Adam Abdul Rahman said the people could look forward to improved weather conditions in the coming days. AirAsia does not operate flights to the affected destination in the southern coast of Thailand, which is handled by local carriers.

Source: The Star January 05, 2019 00:11 UTC