PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal announced Saturday it will reduce the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day, from 32 in August, due to a drought that has reduced the supply of fresh water needed to operate the locks. That compares to daily averages of 36 to 38 ships per day under normal operation. Nine ships per day will be allowed to use the new, bigger NeoPanamax locks and 22 per day will be handled through the older Panamax locks. The Canal Authority guaranteed a d
When Kula needed water to stop wildfire, it got a trickle. Many other US cities are also vulnerable
Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze. As high winds whipped burning trees and grass, Ellison and his landlord struggled with plummeting water pressure. Ellison had to wait for pots to slowly fill in the sink before running them to the fire; his landlord wielded a garden hose with little more than a trickle.
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Panama Canal trims vessel passage quota again to deal with severe droughtPANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Daily ship crossings on the Panama Canal, one of the world's main maritime trade routes, will be reduced to 31 from 32 to ...
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Panama Canal trims vessel passage quota again to deal with severe droughtPANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Daily ship crossings on the Panama Canal, one of the world's main maritime trade routes, will be reduced to 31 from 32 to ...
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Number of migrants crossing Panama's Darien Gap surpasses 400,000 to record highBy Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of ...
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Number of migrants crossing Panama's Darien Gap surpasses 400,000 to record highBy Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of ...
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Migrant numbers surge across Americas, from Panama's Darien Gap to Texas borderThe number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of 400,000 in the year to September, official data shows, as migration has intensified near Texas and California border points, despite efforts by the White House to curb the flow.
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