Two hurricane names from the 2013 season have been retired and will no longer be used in future hurricane seasons.

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The announcement from the hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization says that Ingrid has been retired from the list of names used for the Atlantic during the 2013 season. The name will be replaced by Imelda when the list is reused in 2019. In the eastern Pacific, Manuel will be replaced by Mario when that list of names is used again in 2019.

Storm names are reused every six years in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Basins unless they are retired for causing a considerable amount of casualties or damage. For the Atlantic, Ingrid is the 78th name in history to be retired. Manuel is just the 11th name to be retired in the eastern Pacific.

While Ingrid and Manuel did not pack a major punch with wind or storm surge, they did cause a large amount of deaths and damage from flash flooding and mudslides in Mexico.

Manuel caused at least 123 deaths in western Mexico, while Ingrid resulted in 32 deaths in eastern Mexico. Both storms were affecting Mexico at basically the same time in September 2013.

(RECAPS: Manuel | Ingrid)

After moving northwestward near the Pacific coast of Mexico for a couple of days, Manuel made its first landfall as a strong tropical storm near Pichilinguillo, Mexico on Sept. 15. Over 14 inches of rain fell in Acapulco from Manuel before the observation site stopped reporting. Severe flooding claimed lives and cut off road access across the region.

After causing flood damage in west-central Mexico, the remnants of Manuel then moved back over water and reorganized. Manuel eventually reached Category 1 hurricane status and moved into northwest Mexico for its final landfall on Sept. 19.

(MORE: Acapulco Flood Photos)

Meanwhile, off Mexico's Gulf of Mexico coast, Ingrid became a hurricane on Sept. 14 after forming as Tropical Depression Ten on Sept. 12. Ingrid then weakened to a tropical storm just prior to moving into northeast Mexico on Sept. 16. According to the Associated Press, the heavy rains from Ingrid forced 23,000 people to leave their homes in the Mexican state of Veracruz. At least 12 people were killed by a landslide that hit a bus traveling near the town of Altotonga.

Ingrid and Manuel provide yet another example that it doesn't take a strong hurricane to cause a disaster. Tropical storms can cause a considerable amount of destruction from flooding rainfall. This is particularly the cause with slow-moving storms or storms that move into regions with mountainous terrain like Mexico, where rainfall is enhanced.

PHOTOS: Flooding From Ingrid and Manuel