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Blizzard strands hundreds, prompts evacuations Andes mountains
BUENOS AIRES: More than 400 people, including tourists and truckers, were stranded Sunday by a fierce snowstorm in the Andes mountains near the Argentina-Chile border, with temperatures plunging well below freezing, local officials said.On the Argentinian side, 120 people were rescued early in the day by police and military personnel, but another 200 remained stranded at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters (9,842 feet).More than 200 people are also still stranded on the Chilean side, police officer Hector Castro told Chilean media.Hector Tello, an official from the Argentinian village of Las Heras, told channel C5N that “there are temperatures of minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahren

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