Crucial Weather Alert Tool Paused Over 'Contract Lapse'
Severe Weather,Weather,Official Language,English
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The federal National Weather Service (NWS) has announced it has "paused" its automated language translation service "due to a contract lapse" with translation company LILT. The firm had been translating NWS forecasts, including storm warnings, into Spanish, simplified Chinese and three other languages.
Newsweek contacted LILT for comment via email on Wednesday outside of regular office hours.
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