At least 27 people were killed by Hurricane Otis, which made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Wednesday, officials say.
Four more people have been reported missing, the security secretary said.
Acapulco was among the areas worst hit with 80% of the resort’s hotels damaged and streets flooded.
The Mexican President travelled to the city by land and at one point had to get out of his car and walk as debris from a mudslide blocked the highway.
“The army is bringing machinery and we’re going to try to reopen [the highway] as soon as possible,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.
With landlines and mobile phone coverage disrupted for more than 24 hours, it took officials until Thursday morning to release the death toll.
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