Panama Canal cuts ship traffic as El Niño threatens water supplies
Panama The Panama Canal is expected to reduce daily ship transits in September as authorities prepare for an unusually early dry season and lower rainfall linked to El Niño,.
Canal administrator Ricaurte Vásquez said the dry season, normally expected to begin in December, could start at least a month earlier, and rainfall during the normally wet months of October and November was expected to be below average.
Panama Canal authorities are trying to preserve enough freshwater to maintain operations through a dry season that could last about five months, until rains are expected to return in April or May 2027.
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