National Weather Service to resume translating its products for non-English speakers

The National Weather Amenity will resume translating its products for non-English speakers The weather provision paused the translations this month because its contract with the provider had lapsed Experts explained the change could put non-English speakers at hazard of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather Related Articles La Nina exits after three weak months leaving Earth in neutral situation state Storms tore up two of America s majority iconic trails Federal cuts have disrupted repairs Wild weather expected across Midwest South gets a rare high-risk designation the the greater part severe category Forecasters warn of deadly floods and strong tornadoes in parts of the Midwest and South Storms could unleash deadly floods strong tornadoes in large part of US in coming days The weather function mentioned Thursday the contract has been reinstated and the translations will resume by the end of the day Monday Lilt an artificial intelligence company began providing translations in late That replaced manual translations that the weather system had commented were labor-intensive and not sustainable It eventually provided them in Spanish Chinese Vietnamese French and Samoan Nearly million people in the U S speak a language other than English at home including million Spanish speakers according to Census material The translations are major during extreme weather events but general weather forecasts are also essential for people who work in tourism transportation and potential experts say The weather system s parent agency the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is among the federal agencies targeted by the Trump administration for aggressive staff and budget cuts The Associated Press situation and environmental coverage receives financial encouragement from multiple private foundations AP is solely responsible for all content Find AP s standards for working with philanthropies a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP org