A storm like Hurricane Mitch, which killed 3,800 people in Nicaragua in 1998, would probably cause the canal to flood, triggering mudslides that would breach locks and dams. Communities ...

only of the Nicaragua locks having the same advantage ... where the Chagres and the canal have the same location, has been about 3,400 cubic feet a second; while measurements taken in 1898 ...

The Government of Nicaragua has cancelled plans from a Chinese businessman to construct a $50bn canal through the country after years of inactivity and protests against the project, which would ...