Low levels of water unveil the land that is supposed to be under water during this season at Gatún Lake, Colon, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Cargo ships cross behind a piece of tall grass at Gatún Lake, Colon, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
buoys at the water dam of the Gatún Lake, on the Atlantic side, in the back the Agua Clara Locks in Colón, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Gabriel Aleman, president of the Association of Panama Canal Pilots (Apcp) points out in a weather map the rain not falling of the Panama Basins on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Panama City, Panama Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Anchored ships waitin to cross the Panama Canal from the Atlantic side on Monday, Nov. 20, view from Diablillo Beach, Colón, Panama Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
water dam of the Gatún Lake, on the Atlantic side, near the Agua Clara Locks in Colón, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Locals riding horses to cross the Indio River, main river that could flood what might be the new reservoir of water inn the Panama Canal in Limón de Chagres town in Colón on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Elizabeth Delgado speaks with disagreement about the plan of flooding the land, also home for around 10000 inhabitants to build a new water reservoir in Limón de Chagres town in Colón on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Aerial view of Indio River, main river that could flood what might be the new reservoir of water for the Panama Canal on the land of Limón de Chagres town in Colón on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Aerial view of what might be the new reservoir of the Panama Canal on the land of Limón de Chagres town in Colón on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Students cross the Gatún to go home after school in Ciricito, Colón on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Raquel Luna stands on the ladder that helps her go down to the lake due to the low water levels in Escobal, Colón on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Aerial view of the Gatún lake in in Ciricito, Colón on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg
Stumps are seeing emerging during the droughts in the Gatún Lake. in Ciricito, Colón on tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, These trunks have been visible during the whole year, it is an indicator of the intense drought at the Panama Canal Bains. Photographer: Walter Hurtado Lozano/Bloomberg