US EditionNational Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
- The National Weather Service stopped providing translated weather alerts after its contract lapsed.
- Budget cuts and high employee vacancy rates within NOAA and NWS led to this contract lapse.
- Lilt, an AI company, provided translations beginning in late 2023, replacing unsustainable manual translations.
- Joseph Trujillo-Falcón stated translated alerts saved lives in the 2021 Kentucky tornado outbreak.
- Experts like Andrew Kruczkiewicz suggest this change endangers the 68 million non-English speakers in the U.S.
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Weather alerts no longer translated for non-English speakers, NWS says
The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially lifesaving warnings about extreme weather.
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Winona Daily NewsNWS halts translations of weather reports
The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather.
·Richmond, United States
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