South West, China – UN Chief Visits Quake Town, Amid New Aftershocks Destroys 70,000 Homes

Southwest China – More than 70,000 houses toppled during an aftershock that rocked China’s earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province on Sunday.

also UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the quake epicenter on Saturday in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province as the UN chief met quake victims and witnessed the devastation first-hand.

The State Council has placed the total confirmed death toll from the quake that hit May 12 stands at 60,560 and 26,221 more people as missing.

And on Saturday, Premier Wen Jiabao said the death toll ultimately could “further climbe to a level of 70,000 or 80,000 or more