China News Service, July 11. According to Agence France-Presse, on the 10th local time, a blizzard occurred in the Andes Mountains on the border between Argentina and Chile, trapping more than 400 people, including tourists and truck drivers.

  Local officials in Argentina said the local temperature was minus 10 degrees Celsius, and the snow on the road was more than a meter thick.

The evacuees have been moved to shelters in nearby towns, and rescue work is scheduled to be completed by the 11th.

  According to reports, the Argentine police and military rescued 120 people earlier on the 10th, but 200 people are still trapped in the mountains more than 3,000 meters above sea level.

Chilean media, citing police sources, reported that more than 200 people were trapped on the side of a mountain in Chile.

  Earlier, a powerful winter storm hit a mountain road connecting Argentina and Chile on the 9th, with more than 300 cars stranded along the way.

An international road linking the two countries has also been closed.