A BRITISH national is among the 58 still missing after Hurricane Otis battered Mexico's famous resort Acapulco.
Earlier this week, authorities said a Briton had been killed during the "nightmare" storm that pounded the city with 165mph winds.
Three foreign nationals have been confirmed dead since Otis made landfall on October 25, including a Canadian and American.
Guerrero state governor Evelyn Salgado has now revealed another Brit is still missing.
The other foreigners unaccounted for are 11 Americans, five French nationals and a Peruvian.
Category 5 Hurricane Otis, the strongest on record to make landfall in the Eastern Pacific, claimed most of its victims in Acapulco.
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A number of other people are also known to have died in the nearby municipality of Coyuca de Benitez.
It pummelled the coast with high winds, torrential rains and powerful waves as the "nightmare scenario" forecasters had warned of became terrifying reality.
Footage showed Otis battering buildings, while people ran for cover as they found themselves at the eye of one the most powerful storms to hit Mexico.
Landslides and flooding followed the intense rainfall.
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The latest figures released by regional authorities puts the death toll at 46 and the number of people who are still missing at 58.
Hurricane Otis had intensified quickly as it moved towards land – catching many off guard as authorities scrambled to get emergency shelters ready.
The day Otis hit, Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that there had been "no communication" with the coastal city as its 165mph winds cut it from the rest of the world.
For days later, Acapulco was left with no drinking water and many residents also lost power.
The army was mobilised to help survivors and assist in recovery efforts.
Residents in outlying areas of Acapulco say they are still without water and electricity and are low on food.
Acapulco is a city of more than one million people, where both luxury homes and slums cover the city's hillsides with views of the Pacific.
It is one of Mexico's oldest beach resorts and once attracted Hollywood stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra and Brigitte Bardot in the 1950s.
Ten Hollywood actors, led by John Wayne and former Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller bought a hotel in the resort and helped turn it into one of the most fashionable of its era.
Its reputation has been tarnished in recent years by the rival drugs cartels that have turned part of the city into no-go areas.
British tourists now favour destinations like Cancun and the nearby Riviera Maya coastline.
As the area braced for Otis' landfall last week, there were fears that the hurricane could rival the devastation unleashed on Acapulco by Hurricane Pauline in 1997.
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The storm destroyed huge parts of the city and killed more than 200 people.
Hundreds of others were injured in flooding and mudslides that followed.
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