12 Aug 2015 – Meanwhile, 2,000 vehicles, interprovincial buses, trucks and minivans, were stranded by the snowfall in Arequipa – Puno.
Passengers had to spend the night inside vehicles and criticized the authorities have not sent heavy machinery to clear the roads.
From 07:30 hours today, the vehicles began to advance slowly, as the sun could melt the snow blocking the road.
Even worse, some 450,000 camels (alpacas) were at risk in the province because their forage was covered by snow, said Donato Mamani, head of Civil Defense of the Municipality of Caylloma.
http://elbuho.pe/2015/08/12/por-nevada-quedan-bloqueados-2-000-carros-en-la-carretera-arequipa-puno/
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13 Aug 2015 – Heavy snowfall. Arequipa, Puno and Cusco. Unusual phenomenon. Cars stranded by snow reaching a thickness of 15 centimeters.
Snow covered several points of 72 kilometers of road between Arequipa – Juliaca. The queue of cars formed from Pampa Imata in the district of San Antonio Chuca (Caylloma) to Santa Lucia, province of Lampa (Puno).
The crew bus, minivan drives, vans and private cars spent the night inside their units enduring freezing temperatures.
The regional manager SENAMHI Francisco Berrios said the snow reached a height up to 35 cm in areas above 4,500 meters, as is the case in Arcata, in Condesuyos.
http://larepublica.pe/impresa/sociedad/398268-capa-de-nieve-sepulto-al-sur
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Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for these links
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