NWS has halted its automated translation services, which will likely impact the accessibility of weather alerts for non-English speakers locally.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has stopped translating its life-saving weather alerts into languages other than English, a shift that could pose serious risks to millions of non-English-speaking residents across the U.

A contract lapse has paused automated translations of emergency weather alerts, affecting more than 68 million non-English speakers in the U.S. The National Weather Service (NWS) has paused language translation services of its products for non-English speakers living in the U.