wayne haye reports from one of the worst-affected areas. >> reporter: japan's 18th typhoon of the yeared its destructive path, as it moves up the island, it dumped an unprecedented amount of rain. the self-defense force and coast guard lead the recovery effort from the air as two rivers burst their banks. further south this river unleashed its fury. and several days of rain saw this river burst and take everything with it. >> translator: we were preparing to evacuate when the firefighters rushed to us to tell us the banks had collapsed. >> translator: it is force than i expected. the buildings near the river were completely destroyed. one again i was reminded of the energy of water disasters. >> reporter: evacuation centers have been set up. those with no homes to go to are being given set shelt -- shelter and food. >> translator: we decided to help out victims of the flood as they go through this tough time. >> reporter: for now, the situation seems to be improving. the good news in this area is that the water is receding quickly, and the weather has cleared, which will enable a clean

wayne haye has more from bangkok. >> reporter: this is a common event for the thai police.hey like to bring suspect back to the scene of the crime. on this occasion, obviously it is a very high profile situation. because the person they brought back to this apartment building is a foreign man picked up on the border last week. reportedly in possession of a chinese passport. he was arrested in connection with the bombing at the shrine in the heart of the city. since then, he has according to police, confessed to being in possession of illegal explosives and also to actually constructing the bomb that was left at the shrine, but the police don't think he was the man who actually placed it inside of the grounds of the shrine. so they brought him here to this apartment block on the outskirts of the capitol city. because they say they have forensic evidence that links him to an apartment here, that had earlier been raided by the police and another foreign man was also arrested. the net is widening, police say they are looking for at least ten more suspects. >>> abandoned mines a

wayne hayes, al jazeera. japan. >> singapore's ruling party has won a desi'veific victory in the country's generally. it's the 12 time that the people's action power has won power since the city states became independent. a widening wealth gap and a demand for change from younger singaporeians had led to hopes for gains for the opposition. a court in india has found 12 men guilty over the 2006 mumbai train bombings. 189 people were killed when seven bombs went off on commuter trains within minutes of each other. the men face the dr. dp or life in prison. staying in india, students are escalating demands to remove a new chairman. for the past 3 months, they b boycotted classes because of a string of questionable political appointments. faz jamil has more. >> reporter: the entrances makes it clear is there hasn't been a defendant normal die at the film and television institute of india for a while. we see why. students began a hunger strike on thursday adding to a 3-month long protest against an actor who the s

wayne haye, al jazeera, japan. >>> when typhoon haiyan swept across the philippines six years ago, its many lives. as margo reports, questions remain about how donations were used. >> reporter: driving people around in this cab is just one of the many things this man now does to earn money for his family. less than two years ago, the walked among the ruins of his home wondering how he would carry on. he lost everything to the most powerful storm on record, including 53 members of his family. he still has nightmares of the typhoon. he survives, he says by taking life one day at a time. >> translator: things are slowly improving here, thanks to help coming from other places. places outside of the country, because if we were to rely on the philippine government, we would get nowhere. >> reporter: many people here feel the same. 90% of the city was destroyed by haiyan, but it seems busier now than ever before. residents put it down to the influx of foreign aid. almost half a billion dollars was pledged by the international community to help haiyan-affected areas. because it hasn't necessa

wayne haye is in a hard-hit town northwest of tokyo. >> reporter: it was a day really when the weather, which was the first piece of good news, and we also noticed that the water receded quite quickly. so that certainly enabled a lot of people who had spent the night in evacuation centers and friends and families homes to come back here and check on their homes and possessions. but still a lot of work to be done here. the city is largely in darkness, certainly this area where the river burst its banks and took everything with it. the banks are some 4 meters high. there was reportedly some construction work that was planned very soon, actually to fortify those banks. obviously too late to prevent this disaster. it did burst its banks some 70-odd years ago, so it has seen this sort of disaster before, but this level of rainfall the officials was saying was certainly something they hadn't seen before in such a short space of time. still some concern too further north where rain fell throughout friday unlike here. still raining in that part of the country. it was forecast to clear early th

wayne haye, al jazeera, bangkok. >>> indonesia has deployed an extra 1600 soldiers to put out fires.icopters are carrying out cloud seeding and water-dropping missions. it's caused by the slashing and burning of forests during the dry season. the fires are to clear land for palm oil plantations. singapore is worried about the air quality for the up coming formula one race, while in malaysia the haze has forced schools to shut. >> reporter: there has been a slight improvement in air quality in most parts of malaysia, a cloud seeding operation, rain, and a change in wind direction have helped displace some of the pollutants from the air. schools have been allowed to reopen. the thick cloud of smog or haze is caused by open burning in indonesia, where fire is used to clear land for farming or panation use. it's illegal, but enforcement is weak. now this is a problem that not only affects indonesia but also its neighbors, where thousands of people complain of respiratory difficulties, flights are sometimes delayed or canceled, there is even talk that this weekend's formula 1 race in sing

wayne haye reports from one of the worst-affected areas. >> reporter: japan's 18th typhoon of the yearts destructive path. as it moved up the island, it dumped an unprecedented amount of rain. >> translator: it was awful. but i'm happy i have been rescued. >> reporter: the self-defense force and coast guard lead the rescue and recovery effort from the air, as two rivers burst their banks. further south it was the so-called river of an angry demon that unleashed it river. and this river burst and took everything with it. >> translator: we were preparing to evacuate when the firefighters rushed to tell us the river banks has collapsed. so we tried to get in our cars to escape, but the water was up to our knees. >> translator: it is worse than i had expected. the buildings are completely destroyed. i have been to many disaster sites, but once again i was reminded of the energy of water disasters. >> reporter: evacuation centers are being set up. >> translator: we decided to help out victims of the flood as they go through this tough time. >> reporter: this was some of the worst flooding j

wayne hayes is there. >>reporter: the 18th typhoon of the year continued its destructive path. >> it was awful but i'm happy i've been rescued. >>reporter: the self-defense force and coast guard led the rescue and recovery effort from the area as two rivers burst their banks. further south it was the so-called river of an angry demon that unleashed its fury. several days of rain saw one river burst and take everything with it >> we were preparing to evacuate when the firefighters rushed to tell us that the river bank collapsed so we got into our cars to escape the flood but by that time the water was up to our knees. >> it's worse than i've expected. the buildings are completely destroyed. i've been to many disaster sites but i was reminded of the energy of water disasters. >> evacuation centers have within set up. those with no homes to go to are being given shelter and food with assistance from volunteers. >> we decided to help out victims of the flood through this tough time. >> this was some of the wor

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the city was among the hardest-hit areas, wayne haye is there. >> moving quickly to try to repair the break along the river, officials are concerned that the typhoon season isn't over in japan and they need to plug that gap as quickly as possible before the we're level prizes. again, there had actually been a plan in place to fortify all the banks along the river so they could withstand the sort of rainfall that might occur once every 10 years. clearly that plan came too late for this disaster. there are still thousands of people in evacuation centers. clearly areas like this, too devastated or damaged for people to be able to return to just yet. still a lot of water lying around, infrastructure has been destroyed in places like this, so people simply can't come back to their homes, and some may not be able to return for quite some time. still a lot of water lying around. officials have brought in more pumps to try to lower the water level as quickly as possible. >> american red cross is accused of squandering money to rebuild haiti after the 2010 earthquake. the organization raised h