Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul, also known as Severe Tropical Storm Matmo in the West Pacific, was a powerful and very damaging tropical cyclone that tracked from the western Pacific Ocean into the north Indian Ocean in October and November 2019, killing 41 people and inflicting about US$3.537 billion in damage. The cyclone formed on October 28 in the South China Sea and intensified into Tropical Storm Matmo, as named by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). On October 30, the storm made landfall in central Vietnam, causing flooding. Matmo weakened while moving westward across Mainland Southeast Asia, before degenerating into a remnant low later that day. The remnants of Matmo emerged into the Bay of Bengal, redeveloping into a depression on November 5. Late the next day, it strengthen