Goodbye Irene, Hello Irma

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Goodbye Irene. The name Irene will not be associated with any future hurricanes because its being retired from the list of future storm names due to the severe damage it caused.

Hurricane Irene, which struck in 2011, killed 49 people and caused more than $15 billion in damage.

A report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the name will be replaced by Irma. Irene was retired Friday from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical storm names by the World Meteorological Organization's hurricane committee.

The report says storm names are reused every six years unless retired for causing considerable casualties or damage. Irene is the 76th name to be retired from the Atlantic list since 1954.

Five people were killed in the Dominican Republic after Hurricane Irene stormed through the Caribbean last August. Three died in Haiti. And 41 died in the U.S. when Irene barreled up the Eastern Seaboard.

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