Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U ...

The Gatun Lake is 85 feet above sea level. How do the ships get raised and lowered? The canal has a water lock system that acts like a massive elevator. When ships enter the locks, they're raised ...

primarily in Gatun Lake, as a preventive measure, in case it is necessary. The Vice President of Water Resources Management of the Panama Canal also explained that flood control exercises are ...

Police in Panama are investigating the killing of seven young people whose bodies were found in a wooded area near a lake on Saturday. The victims - four women and three men aged between 17 and 22 ...

Water levels in Gatun Lake, the rainfall-fed principal reservoir that floats ships through the Panama Canal’s lock system, have “continued to decline to unprecedented levels for this time of ...

One obvious measure involves water conservation. The Panama Canal works by transiting boats through a series of above-sea-level locks fed by Lake Gatún and the smaller Lake Alajuela. Each ship ...

The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometer waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting ...

On the dry land next to the lake ... the sea, making Alhajuela and Gatún lakes vital for the canal’s operation. However, according to the ACP, from March 21 to April 21 of this year, water ...