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How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal

How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal
Phys.org Friday 04 September 2026, 00:20 UTC 1 min read
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The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for only the second time because of drought caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon.

The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for only the second time because of drought caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon.
El Nino (LOCATION) the Panama Canal (LOCATION) El Niño (ORG)
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