Dozens of boats carrying around 200 people traveled along the country’s central Indio River on Friday in protest against a planned reservoir in the Panama Canal intended to solve water shortages ...

Peasants navigate the Indio River during a protest against the construction of a reservoir in the river basin in Rio Indio, Colon province, Panama. The Panama Canal authorities are pushing forward a ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Swollen by days of relentless rain, the Potomac River has surged well above flood stage, creating dangerous conditions along the C&O Canal National Historical Park and ...

But protesters say building the reservoir using the Indio River, in the canal's watershed, would also force 2,000 people to be relocated from their homes because their communities would be flooded.

The canal, which needs around 189 million liters (50 million gallons) of freshwater for each ship crossing, faced severe water shortages in 2023 due to lack of rain, forcing authorities to cut ...