Critics suggest authorities were too slow in evacuating key areas in the eye of the storm.
Political recriminations are underway in Mexico as the death toll, devastation and economic cost from two simultaneous storms escalated on Thursday.
At least 80 people have died in 10 states since Sunday amid widespread flooding and landslides caused by Hurricane Ingrid on the Gulf coast and Tropical Storm Manuel on the Pacific coast. It is the first time Mexico has been battered by two tropical storms within 24 hours since 1958.
Further misery and destruction seemed inevitable after tropical storm Manuel was upgraded to a category grade 1 hurricane as it approached Sinaloa with 120kph (75mph) winds. The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) warned of "life threatening flash floods and mud slides" in the northwestern states of Sinaloa, Nayarit and Baja California, with up to 38 centimetres (15 inches) of rain and gusts of 128kph (80mph) forecast for the next 24 hours.
The death toll is expected to rise Thursday with dozens of people still trapped within flooded areas as marooned communities and emergency services battle against the adverse weather and inaccessible roads.
In just one incident, 58 people were confirmed missing in the mountainous village of La Pintada, Gurrero after a landslide crushed 30 homes. The local mayor said 15 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage, but rescue efforts were being hindered by a collapsed bridge that had left the coffee-growing community inaccessible by road.
"It doesn't look good, based on the photos we have in our possession," said Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.
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