The death toll from destructive storms that have battered Mexico has jumped to 97.
Luis Felipe Puente, the national civil protection coordinator, said 65 of the fatalities were registered in the southwestern state of Guerrero.
The new figure, rising from a previous toll of 81, did not include reports of deaths in a major mudslides in a mountain village of Guerrero, where 58 people are missing.
The country was battered by two storms on opposite coasts this week, with Manuel regenerating as a hurricane and hitting the northwestern coast on Thursday before weakening to tropical storm force.
"For the moment, there are 97 deaths from these two weather phenomena," Puente told Foro television.
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