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Mexico earthquake: Death toll rises to 90

Watch: Drone reveals aftermath in Oaxaca state

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.

Reuters Mudslide with house on top of an embankmentReuters
People were killed in the Xalapa neighbourhood after tropical storm Katia hit the country's east
Reuters A police tape ropes off area where people died in mudslideReuters
Thousands were left without power after the storm dissipated inland on Saturday
EPA Rescuers and army workers search in rubble in JuchitanEPA
On the other side of the country, rescuers continued to search for quake survivors in the rubble throughout Saturday
AFP Women work at stall providing aidAFP
Centres with emergency provisions have been set up for survivors
AFP/getty Mourners crying at a funeralAFP/getty
Mourners pictured at a funeral of 85-year-old Casimiro Rey, killed in the earthquake
AFP/GETTY People search rubble for their belongings in clean-up operationAFP/GETTY
Sifting through the rubble in Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca
AFP/GETTY Man surveys damage to collapsed housesAFP/GETTY
Most of the confirmed deaths are concentrated in Oaxaca
AFP/GETTY People sort through stockpilesAFP/GETTY
Volunteers and emergency workers sort through supplies