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To save lives, Tennessee looks for funding to set up its own weather monitoring networks

Many states are setting up their own extensive weather monitoring networks. Forecasters say with a rise in extreme weather disasters, they’re key to saving lives.

Caroline Eggers of WPLN in Nashville reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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