holy cow. will ripley takes a look at this storm s impact. reporter: round one of typhoon neoguri is over and the process of assessing the damage and cleaning up begins. we know a number of roads were closed because of debris. at least one building collapsed. a number of injuries and more than half a million people received voluntary evacuation notices, not to mention the fact the main airport was closed, grounding more than 100 flights and stranding some 14,000 travelers, all of this just the first round of this storm which is now on a collision course for mainland japan. specifically, the southern island of kyushu, home to 13 million people and an area in the middle of rainy season where every day since last week, since last thursday, to be specific, this area has seen heavy rain. people have been evacuated because of flooding and now you have the potential for a large typhoon with a lot of rain to move in not only bringing with
ana cabrera has more. ana, you re out of the fire lines tonight. is there any progress being made in the fight against these fires? reporter: wolf, if you can see just how smoky it is around me, the firefighters are making some progress. at least 75% of it is contained. they have been dropping water from the air, and fire retardant, and sort of trying to trap the fire. in some areas it is so steep or rug rugged and tough for firefighters to get in there on the ground. so they re actually having to use these small incendiary devices that are as small as a pingp pinb g pong balls. they are under pre evacuation
i feel really sad for the people that lost their houses. reporter: thousands of new evacuation notices went out as the wind set fire spreading. grab your personal belongings and please leave. reporter: residents grabbed what they could and fled. clothes, dog food, dog toys, records, just stuff that can t be replaced. reporter: on the hillsides nearby, swirling with tubes of burning embers and smoke. what experts call a fire whirl. they lift embers in to the air and that can be caught by the wind or cast out away from the existing fire line. reporter: a dangerous element of unpredictable wildfires smoldering across southern california. investigators are urgently trying to determine their cause. some suspicion it may be arson. we all have suspicions like the public does when you have nine fires around the county. we are doing the best to see if these were intentionally started by someone. reporter: this fire and all
i feel really sad for the people that lost their houses. reporter: thousands of new evacuation notices went out as the wind set fire spreading. grab your personal belongings and please leave. reporter: residents grabbed what they could and fled. clothes, dog food, dog toys, records, just stuff that can t be replaced. reporter: on the hillsides nearby, swirling with tubes of burning embers and smoke. what experts call a fire whirl. they lift embers into the air and that can be caught by the wind or cast out away from the existing fire line. reporter: a dangerous element of unpredictable wildfires smoldering across southern california. investigators are urgently trying to determine their cause. some suspicion it may be arson. we all have suspicions like the public does when you have nine fires around the county. we are doing the best to see if these were intentionally started by someone. reporter: this fire and all
evacuation notices. we will will show you where we are talking about just 15 miles west of fort collins, colorado. crews say the wildfire have damaged more than a hundred homes and buildings and that they only contained 5% of it so far. three car crashes in a matter of minutes. now, the cabinet member who cops say was behind the wheel is taking some time away from his post. the update on that is next. plus, the notorious missing child case that inspired a meryl streep movie today we know if a dingo really did eat the baby and that s ahead.