President Urges Prefab Housing Manufacturer
President Hu Jintao visited a prefab housing manufacturer yesterday (May 25), urging the company to produce as many as possible to guarantee one million temporary homes by August 10th. The devastating earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province has left 140 million people homeless or relocated. About 3.3 million tents are needed to shelter them, while only about 400,000 have been sent to quake-hit areas.

Temporary Houses from Guangdong Set up in Sichuan
Guangdong will provide 140,000 temporary houses to Sichuan province. The first group of 550 houses has arrived at the hardest hit areas of downtown Wenchuan County and Yingxiu town. Workers began setting up houses soon after their arrival yesterday (May 25).

Strong Aftershock Destroys 71,000 Homes, Two Killed
A powerful aftershock, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, destroyed tens of thousands of homes in China on Sunday (May 25), killing two people and injuring ore than 480 others. The aftershock is the strongest since the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan County quake on May 12th. Like the original quake, the aftershock was felt across China.

China Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 62,664
According to the State Council Information Office, the death toll from the May 12th earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has claimed 62,664 lives, left 358,816 injured and 23,775 missing as of 00:00 a.m. on Sunday.

Chinese watch from the ruins of collapsed buildings, as workers clean the street, unseen, following the May 12 earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday, May 25, 2008. [Xinhua Agencies]

Soldiers to Unblock Tangjiashan Lake with Explosives
About 1,600 armed police officers and People's Liberation Army soldiers rushed with explosives to unblock Tangjiashan Lake, a debris-clogged river threatening to flood homeless quake survivors. Earlier attempts to send military helicopters on the same mission were hampered by adverse weather and low visibility. Vice Minister of Water Resources E Jingping said Sunday that all barrier lakes are "under control" but the situation is still grim, threatened by heavy rains in the forecast for the next three days.