A tornados is seen just north of Omaha, Neb. from Highway 75 , on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
FILE - Kayakers paddle on the floodwaters at the Buffalo Trace Distillery on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry, File)
The ºÃÉ«tv Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers.
because its contract with the provider had lapsed. Experts said the change could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather.
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 2023. That replaced manual translations that the weather service had said were labor-intensive and not sustainable. It eventually provided them in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French and Samoan.
Nearly 68 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home, including 42 million Spanish speakers, according to 2019 Census data.
The translations are important during extreme weather events, but general weather forecasts are also essential for people who work in tourism, transportation and energy, experts say.
The weather service’s parent agency, the ºÃÉ«tv Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is among the federal agencies for aggressive staff and budget cuts.
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