Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul-Matmo was a strong tropical cyclone which struck Vietnam and the Indian state of West Bengal as well as Bangladesh in November 2019, bringing storm surge, heavy rains, and flash floods.Matmo formed on October 28 and made landfall on Vietnam on October 30. Matmo’s remnants entered the Andaman Sea. It began to organize over the southern Bay of Bengal in early November, Bulbul slowly intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm. It is only the fourth tropical cyclone ever recorded to regenerate over the Andaman Sea, having crossed Southeast Asia overland. In addition, it is only the second to make it to hurricane strength, the first being in 1960.