Forecasters say typhoon lionrock is near an island chain near tokyo moving at 25 Kilometers Per Hour. The typhoon is packing winds of 120 Kilometers Per Hour near its center. Lionrock is causing heavy rains in western japan. Officials say some areas have seen about 40 millimeters per hour. Lionrock projected to turn northwest. Weather authorities warn people should avoid dangerous places like coastlines and swollen rivers. Apple growers in northern japan are racing to harvest their crop before lionrock hits. One of the leading apple producing districts in japan, farmers say Early Harvest variety started to ripen last week so they are trying to ship the fruit before the storm arrives. Translator a typhoon is one of the big threats for apple farmers. Its frightening. Officials in the frequent have issued special alert for farmers urging them to put up nets and reinforce trees. Workers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant are preparing for the approaching typhoon. They are arrang
We will speak with storycorps founder dave isay out the new book called ties that bind. All that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today in a democracy now special, we look back at a decade of stories from the oral history project storycorps. In 2003, the first storycorps recording booth open in new york citys Grand Central station. Since then, nearly 100,000 people have recorded interviews with their loved ones in storycorps booths across the country. Their voices are burned into a cd for the people who do the interview and their loved one, and then preserved at the american folk like ray center elaborate congress. Today, 10 years and some 50,000 interviews after its inception, storycorps stands as the largest collection of voices ever gathered in history. The leads of people have listened on public radio and online. Today we will spend the hour with storycorps founder dave isay and air some of his favorite stories
We will speak with storycorps founder dave isay out the new book called ties that bind. All that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today in a democracy now special, we look back at a decade of stories from the oral history project storycorps. In 2003, the first storycorps recording booth open in new york citys Grand Central station. Since then, nearly 100,000 people have recorded interviews with their loved ones in storycorps booths across the country. Their voices are burned into a cd for the people who do the interview and their loved one, and then preserved at the american folk like ray center elaborate congress. Today, 10 years and some 50,000 interviews after its inception, storycorps stands as the largest collection of voices ever gathered in history. The leads of people have listened on public radio and online. Today we will spend the hour with storycorps founder dave isay and air some of his favorite stories