POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) — Flooding and landslides over the past week have cut off 300 towns in central and eastern Mexico and left dozens of people dead and missing. Soldiers and rescue workers were scrambling to help civilians to safety and unblock roads. The flooding followed the convergence of two tropical storms off Mexico’s western coast at the end of an unusually heavy rainy season that swelled rivers and weakened hillsides.

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