El Niño reached century-high intensity in August 2026, prompting Panama, El Salvador, and Honduras to declare states of emergency due to severe drought conditions. The phenomenon has already disrupted shipping through the Panama Canal, forcing reductions in transit volume.
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Panama on Tuesday became the latest Central American country, after Honduras and El Salvador, to declare an emergency over El Nino, which has already forced a reduction in shipping through the Panama Canal. El Nino is a weather pattern that raises surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, generating global changes in winds and rainfall as well as erratic weather con
Panama and El Salvador have become the latest countries along with Honduras to declare an emergency over El Nino, which has already forced a reduction in shipping through the Panama Canal. All three countries broke their monthly temperature records in both June and July, exacerbating famine concerns.