and made landfall near the same area that 04B had only 11 days prior. The storm slowly weakened as it stalled just onshore in Odisha, India while dumping torrential rains. The storm reemerged into the Bay of Bengal on October 31 as a 45 mph tropical storm. 05B slowly weakened as it drifted southward. 05B weakened to a tropical depression on October 31, before dissipating on November 4. Damage from the cyclone was tremendous. Flooding from the storm's rain was described as being the worst in 100 years as well as the worst in India's post-independence history. The storm claimed the lives of at least 15,000 people and 406,000 livestock. Damages from the storm totaled to $4.5 billion (1999 USD). Tropical Depression 31W Depression BOB 07 A Tropical Depression formed in the Bay of Bengal on December 8. The depression was monitored by the IMD, not the JTWC. The depression remained out over open waters before dissipating on December 10. Season effects |- | BOB 01 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || Sri Lanka|| None || None || |- | ARB 01 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India, Pakistan || $6 million || 6,400 || |- | 03B || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India || Unknown || Unknown || |- | BOB 02 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India || Unknown || Unknown || |- | BOB 03 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India || Unknown || Unknown || |- | BOB 04 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India || Unknown || Unknown || |- | BOB 05 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India, Myanmar || Unknown || 80 || |- | BOB 06 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh ||$4.44 billion ||9,887 || |- | 31W || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| Not specified || Myanmar, Thailand ||None ||None || |- | BOB 07 || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#| || India, Sri Lanka ||None ||None || |- See also List of North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons 1999 Atlantic hurricane season 1999 Pacific hurricane season 1999 Pacific typhoon season South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1998–99, 1999–00 Australian region cyclone seasons: 1998–99, 1999–00 South Pacific cyclone seasons: 1998–99, 1999–00 References External links Primer for Parliamentarians Gary Padgett Summaries Unisys Track JTWC Archive