Category Canal Alert

Canal Alert, Commuter Alert, Disaster Declaration Alert, Emergency Updates, Flash Flooding Alert, Gale Force Wind Alert, Major Events, Rain Alert, River Alert, Severe Flood Alert, Severe Weather, Storm Surge Alert, Super Cyclone, Tidal Surge Alert, Vehicle Alert, Wave Alert

Cyclone Chapala will drop 7 years of rain on Yemen

Courtesy of Joshua Baker War-torn Yemen was braced last night for one of the worst storms ever recorded in the area, with seven years’ worth of normal rainfall expected to fall and winds likely to reach 105mph. The category 4…

Earth Extremities
November 2, 2015

Boat Alert, Canal Alert, Drought Alert, Emergency Updates, Major Events, Shipping Tanker Alert

Severe drought forces authorities to bar the biggest ships into the canal in Panama

The Panama Canal. (Graham Chadwick/ALLSPORT, Getty Images) Panama will temporarily limit the size of ships using the waterway because drought has lowered water levels in Gatun and Alhajuela lakes. The Panama Canal Authority said Friday the restrictions take effect…

Earth Extremities
August 9, 2015