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Mexico earthquake: Death toll rises to 90

At least 90 people have died in Thursday's 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico, officials have confirmed. 

A government spokesman said 71 people had been killed in the south-west state of Oaxaca alone.

Hundreds of families have reportedly been camping in the streets, afraid of the dangers of aftershocks. The Mexican Seismological Service said 721 had been recorded since the initial tremor.

The earthquake was the strongest the country has seen in a century.

On Friday, the country's east coast was also hit by tropical storm Katia.

Two people died in mudslides after heavy rain fall. 

Volunteers and emergency workers sort through supplies
Centres with emergency provisions have been set up for survivors
Sifting through the rubble in Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca
Most of the confirmed deaths are concentrated in Oaxaca
Mourners pictured at a funeral of 85-year-old Casimiro Rey, killed in the earthquake
People were killed in the Xalapa neighbourhood after tropical storm Katia hit the country's east
Thousands were left without power after the storm dissipated inland on Saturday


 BBC

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