NEW : Officials in one city say 7.5 feet of snow have fallen . CNN Lonquimay affiliate : one are isolated in More than 6,500 town . Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter on Wednesday called the situation a `` white earthquake '' and asked the country 's military and public works officials to help citizens in some of the hardest-hit areas in the country 's central Araucania region . `` It has snowed more than ever , '' Curacautin Mayor Saquel says . The interior minister calls the snowstorm a `` white earthquake ''
NEW : Officials in one city say 7.5 feet of snow have fallen . CNN Lonquimay affiliate : one are isolated in More than 6,500 town . `` It has snowed more than ever , '' Curacautin Mayor Saquel says . The interior minister calls the snowstorm a `` white earthquake ''