76490 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/jan/19/dip-in-panama-canal-water-levels-forces-costly/PANAMA CITY -- A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to lower the number of ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important trade routes. The new cuts announced Wednesday by authorities in Panama are set to deal an even greater economic blow than previously expected.2024-01-19T09:06+0100arkansasonline-c5d088007935d6b6e525472b322c1de620240119090600https://www.startribune.com/panama-canal-traffic-cut-by-more-than-a-third-because-of-drought/600336896/PANAMA CITY — A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important trade routes. The new cuts announced Wednesday by authorities in Panama are set to deal an even greater economic blow than previously expected.2024-01-19T07:41+0100startribune-fec258374b2db486feb85b107b73dd6e20240119074100https://www.kompas.id/baca/english/2024/01/17/en-indonesia-cemas-2045?open_from=Section_EnglishUnfortunately, agriculture 20 years ago and now are no longer the same. Water sources have depleted significantly, seasons are no longer regular, and pests are becoming more prevalent. Every planting season, my family (and other farmers) always worry about water.2024-01-19T05:04+0100kompas-id-c5beb8dddd33cf20a883faf900a9da2620240119050400https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2024-01-19-china-meteorological-administration-releases-%22top-ten-domestic-and-international-weather-and-climate-events-in-2023%22.HkMCXwwDFp.html2024-01-19T03:06:14.150Z. Highlights: China Meteorological Administration releases "Top Ten Domestic and International Weather and Climate Events in 2023" China will have obvious warm and dry climate characteristics, with frequent and severe extreme weather events, creating many record-breaking events.2024-01-19T04:09+0100tellerreport-8a2887487f9ad29de577e44f3333b2c420240119040900