Originating Coming_to_be from an area of disturbed weather near the Caroline Islands on November 9 , Forrest was classified Check as a tropical depression three days later over the South China Sea .

Once over the Bay of Bengal , Forrest turned Motion northward on November 17 and significantly intensified Cause_change_of_strength .

Forrest made Causation landfall Arriving in northwestern Myanmar as a weakening system on November 21 before dissipating early the next day .

The majority of deaths Death associated with Forrest resulted Causation from a plane crash Catastrophe on November 14 in Vietnam which killed Killing 30 of the 31 occupants .

On November 20 , as Forrest reached Arriving its peak intensity , fears arose across Bangladesh that a repeat Change of the catastrophic April 1991 cyclone Catastrophe would take place Process_start .