but the drought changed the terrain. It forced him to swap his boat for a jet ski as parts of the river became too shallow. And it brought the bow of one of the ships to the water’s surface ...

El Nino, a periodic warming weather phenomenon, has brought a severe drought along the Pacific coast. Despite the new rules limiting ships' weight, Vasquez said the flow of ships through the canal ...

A severe drought is threatening shipping on the vital Panama Canal, which is responsible for moving 40% of the world's cargo ship traffic. About two-thirds of the canal's traffic is either headed ...

The canal has capped the daily number of ships that can pass through because of the summer drought. Its income could fall by $200 million because of a lack of rain, the administrator said Thursday.

A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resident hunting for artifacts in the Mississippi River was amazed to find the wreck of a 19th-century ship in the drought-stricken waterway, CNN affiliate WBRZ reports ...

The Panama Canal, one of the major shipping routes through which 40 percent of container goods sold in America travels, currently has a 21-day wait time for ships ... to a severe drought that ...

This time, it’s not pandemic red tape, but what looks set to be the continent’s worst drought in history ... with container ships plying their way around its looping bends.