BUENOS AIRES: A cold front affecting Argentina since Thursday killed a homeless man on Monday in the western province of Mendoza while a blizzard caused roadblocks in some areas.
The victim was a 40-year-old man whose body was found in the street in Mendoza’s city of San Martin some 1,100 km northwest of Buenos Aires. Local police said the man might have frozen to death.
In the capital Buenos Aires, temperatures dipped to freezing, with a wind-chill factor of -0.3 degrees Celsius registered Monday at 4:00 p.m. Local time (1900 GMT).
But the lowest temperatures were reported in three southern cities, including San Carlos de Bariloche in Rio Negro province with -11 degrees Celsius, and Zapala and San Martin de los Andes, both in Neuquen province, with -10 degrees Celsius.
In Chubut province, a total of 133 vehicles including 98 trucks were stranded along National Route 3, a highway that links the cities of Comodoro Rivadavia and Trelew due to piles of snow.
Snow also fell in Misiones province along Argentina’s northern border with Brazil and Paraguay, which is unusual for the region.
San Vicente, a town 190 km south of Misiones’s capital Posadas, was the most affected by snow.
The National Meteorological Service forecast the cold spell will last until Wednesday. –BERNAMA